Jason Hehir, the director of the upcoming “Andre the Giant” HBO documentary, recently spoke with Scott Fishman of TVInsider, and below are some interview highlights.

On directing the HBO documentary and his goals for the film:

“It turned out we had the exact sensibilities for this story. The goals of the story we wanted to tell, which was to demythologize this mythical figure and tell the story of Andre Roussimoff the human being rather than Andre the Giant the wrestling character.”

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“I wasn’t aware of all the details of his mythology and it enabled me and my team to go in there with more of a different pair of eyes,” he details. “Was he really 7-foot-4? Was he really 500 pounds? The first line in his Wikipedia page, when we started researching, was that he was from Grenoble, France, which turns out to be six hours south of where he is from.”

On working with Vince McMahon:

“He was a lot more subdued than I expected,” he admits. “I didn’t know what to expect, but I’ve seen Vince McMahon the character. I’ve seen him being interviewed on television and in action at WWE events and on TV. I know what his public persona is. He was a lot more subdued, a lot more quiet, a lot more solemn.

“It was clear from the moment I stepped foot in his office how deadly serious he was of the story of Andre being told the right way. He has an enormous amount of reverence for Andre the Giant. I think part of that is due to the fact that his father, Vince McMahon Sr., was one of Andre’s best friends. I think Vince is very cognizant that we have one chance to tell this story, and it has to be told the right way,” he reasons.

On the movie not being a puff piece:

“It’s not going to be a puff piece. It’s not going to be a love letter to Andre. We also have to tell it with respect and reverence for a guy who, in Vince’s eyes, helped make pro wrestling what it is today. Andre was a huge cog in the early machine of WWF, now WWE. Vince, even today, feels a great debt of gratitude to Andre and what he did to the business.”