Nerdly » The Filmmaker’s Podcast #382: ‘The Iron Claw’ director & writer Sean Durkin

19th Feb2024

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #382: ‘The Iron Claw’ director & writer Sean Durkin

by Phil Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #382: The Iron Claw – Director and writer Sean Durkin on making the Zac Efron starring wrestling movie

This weeks guest is Sean Durkin, the writer and director of not only of the ace Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene but of the excellent The Iron Claw which stars Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Lily James and Harris Dickinson. Dom Lenoir sat down with Sean and had a wonderful chat about his process as a writer, producer and director.They discussed:

Challenging the misconceptions of wrestling and putting that onto film.

How to adapt a true story, and meeting real life wrestlers.

Going through the development process with Tessa Ross.

Making an important decision of cutting a character out of the movie.

Getting his career start through a major festival success at the Cannes and Sundance labs.

And the importance of collaborating with his own “brat pack”.

The Iron Claw is out in cinemas now.