“We wanted to get people who had been there for all of these events so we would get the basics,” Hehir said. “Then we started going after our main characters. Normally, I like to do a main character right off the bat. The first person we interviewed for (HBO’s) ‘Andre the Giant’ was Vince McMahon. I usually like to see what I can get from that person so we know if a main character is going to determine where we go with the direction of the story.”