Steve Carell and Channing Tatum are getting rave reviews — and even a little Oscar buzz — for their transformative performances in Foxcatcher.
But there’s at least one person who is decidedly NOT a fan of the movie: the man Channing portrays.
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Wrestler Mark Schultz took to Facebook to vent his frustrations with the film, calling it widely inaccurate and wholly fictional.
He wrote:
“I was already an Olympic and WORLD Champion before I met du Pont. The director took my 1985 World Title away in the film. I was not emotionally fragile as critics suggest. I didn’t move to Pennsylvania to wrestle for Foxcatcher. I took an assistant coaching job at Villanova. I never looked up to duPont as a mentor, leader, father figure. He was a lot dirtier the first time I met him and he was drunk. He told me he would have nothing to do with Villanova which was the only reason I went there. du Pont was a repulsive sickening freak. I could barely stand looking at him. I never touched him except for a photo at the hall of fame and when I threw him in a headlock for a documentary. I never showed him any moves or taught him anything about wrestling.”
Hmm, sounds quite a bit different than the movie.
Schultz went on to point out a myriad of factual errors the film made, both in events and in characters.
He seems to be upset with the entire film — though he did give props to Channing’s performance. He wrote:
“The personalities and relationships between the characters in the film are primarily fiction and, although Channing is outstanding, the personality is not accurate. However, I think Channing played me the only way it was possible to play me due to the confines of the director’s vision.”
Of course, this is calm, collected slamming.
The day before, in a Twitter tirade that has since been deleted, Schultz was angrier and more focused on director Bennett Miller, writing:
“YOU CROSSED THE LINE MILLER. WE’RE DONE. YOU’RE CAREER IS OVER. YOU THINK I CAN’T DO IT. WATCH ME.
I BUILT THIS HOUSE AND I’LL TEAR IT DOWN. YOU THINK I CAN’T TAKE YOU DOWN COZ UR A DIRECTOR. WATCH ME BENNETT├óΓé¼┬ª
I CAN TOLERATE A LOT OF THINGS BUT I DON’T TOLERATE DISRESPECT. WE’RE DONE BENNETT.
Everything I’ve ever said positive about the movie I take back. I hate it. i hate it. i hate it. I hate it. i hate it. i hate it. I hate it
I HATE BENNETT MILLER.”
Wow.
We’re guessing they won’t have his consideration come award season.
[Image via Sony Pictures Classics.]
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