Nikki Sixx says if it weren’t for the “steel b*lls” of executives at Netflix, the Mötley Crüe biopic, The Dirt might not have gotten made.
He further added:
“Mötley Crüe learned early in its career that honesty was the best policy. It’s the attitude that helped them get a ton of press coverage in the ’80s, and it made the book a hit around the turn of the century.
As a band, Mötley Crüe was wary that whatever partner it chose was on board with telling the whole story.
“We weren’t willing to cut scenes or dilute or whitewash our story,” he says.
Sixx continued, giving credit to director Jeff Tremaine, who was a Crüe fan and quickly convinced the band that he wanted to make the same movie they wanted to make. With Tremaine on board, Netflix gave the band carte blanche to deliver the film they wanted to make.
“I mean, I’d be on the set and look at one of the Netflix executives, and he goes, ‘What?’ And I go, ‘I’m just waiting for you to say no. You know there’s a guy over there that’s on fire, right?’ It’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s okay. That’s what you did. That’s okay.”
The Dirt is meant to provide the shocking realism of Boogie Nights and the honest narration-aspects of Goodfellas, Sixx says.
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Watches the movie last night.. loved it.. brought back memories of my First Motley Crue Concert..as well as growing up during that era.. had to turn away at few scenes, think I even had a tear in a couple.. All in All 5 stars
I’m not the hugest fan but watching this movie all I could think was how do I not LOVE these guys…..