Pain & Gain: the true story behind the movie
For one whole month a brutal criminal gang held and tortured businessman Marc Schiller. Eventually he signed over millions of dollars to them. His story is now the subject of a movie, but the ordeal was much worse in real life
At no point during the production of Pain & Gain, the new black comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson, did Marc Schiller get a call from its makers. This surprised the Buenos Aires-born businessman as he was the victim in the true-life story of kidnapping, torture, extortion and, ultimately, redemption upon which the film is based.
"Since they decided not to talk to me they got the personalities of all the main characters wrong," says Schiller from his office in Boca Raton, Florida. "I knew all these guys."
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At no point during the production of Pain & Gain, the new black comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson, did Marc Schiller get a call from its makers. This surprised the Buenos Aires-born businessman as he was the victim in the true-life story of kidnapping, torture, extortion and, ultimately, redemption upon which the film is based.
"Since they decided not to talk to me they got the personalities of all the main characters wrong," says Schiller from his office in Boca Raton, Florida. "I knew all these guys."
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- 8/27/2013
- by Jon Axworthy
- The Guardian - Film News
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