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The Heartbreaking Sincerity of Zac Efron
In The Iron Claw, Efron lays bare the only surviving Von Erich brother’s deepest wounds — and he does so by exerting the force of his own personality.
Nearly 20 years ago, when Efron shimmied his way into public consciousness as Troy Bolton, the lithe heartthrob of Disney’s High School Musical, his bright-eyed, puppy-dog appeal and nimble dance moves clinched his teen-idol fame. Denied the World Heavyweight Championship title at the height of his own wrestling career, Fritz has internalized the sport’s macho theatrics: strength, both physical and performative, is to him the greatest measure of character, and his sons are mere heirs whom he ranks with a straight face. His brothers are even younger when the masochistic demands of the sport take their toll on them with a biblical force: David dies after rupturing an intestine, Kerry loses a foot after a motorcycle accident and commits suicide, and Mike (Stanley Simons) suffers brain damage that also destroys his will to live.
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