The Iron Claw’s Jeremy Allen White Highlights What Surprised Him About Pro Wrestling

The Iron Claw is an upcoming movie that is a biography of the Von Erich Family. The lead role is portrayed by Zac Efron. His co-star, Jeremy Allen White, recently shared his appreciation for wrestlers performing every day.

In an interview with Deadline Hollywood, White opened up about his training for the Von Erich biography.

“I mean, I think for sure I have to echo the athleticism. The sport is like dance, gymnastics, combat sport, it’s like so many things. The endurance it takes, but then, I think what struck me in working with Chavo and preparing was like I was thinking about it in the sense like the choreographed fight scene, where I was like, ‘I’ll hit the guy here, and I’ll drop kick here. And I’ll go off the ropes here,’ But I wasn’t thinking of it in the sense of like a full performance, a full narrative, full storytelling. 

“The moments in between these moves are oftentimes more important for the audience than the moves themselves, that’s what gets people sucked in, that’s what gets people excited. And so then like your energy, like I’d have this routine. I’d be jumping up and down, off the ropes, and all that stuff, it’d be exhausting. And Chavo would say, ‘And then you have to like charge up.’ ‘Charge up? I’m like wanna breathe first and catch my breath.’ He’s like, ‘No! You gotta be stomping, you gotta be…’ And I think that was the… that was fascinating, understanding I think the wrestling world, and that broader aspect of like the storytelling and these guys as real performers outside of the obvious like athleticism. They are real artists and real performers and real storytellers,” Jeremy Allen White said.