In tonight’s episode of ‘Hollywood Demons’ on Investigation Discovery (ID), Kevin Von Erich and others rip into the inaccuracies of the Iron Claw movie.
Kevin is upset that their youngest brother Chris wasn’t even part of the movie and how they portrayed his dad, Fritz, as a villian.
“They left my little brother Chris out of the movie and the director combined Mike and Chris’ lives,” he said.
Kevin claims that Kerry Von Erich’s family was left out of the production and he was never depicted as the loyal family man he was.
One of Kerry’s daughters, Lacey, had this to say: “My sister and I were not in the movie as my dad’s children and he didn’t have a wife. That was a really big part of my dad. How he was portrayed in the movie was so inaccurate that it is heart-wrenching.”
In the film, Kerry’s motorcycle accident is the cause of his foot being amputated. Dr. Drew Pinsky disputes that.
“There’s a scene in the movie where Kerry gets in an accident and the next time you see him, he does not have a foot. That is not in fact what happened. He had a very severe crush injury on the foot, but he goes back into the wrestling ring and damages it further and ultimately decides to get half of his foot amputated,” he said.
Despite it all Kevin had this to say: “When you look at the story and the deaths, there was a time I didn’t want to wrestle, but I would have never thought to give up. No matter how uncomfortable it was, it was a family business. The love of the brothers is what is important. I know I will see my brothers again.”
