In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bill Simmons, the executive producer of the upcoming Andre The Giant documentary that will air on HBO on Tuesday, April 10th at 10pm Eastern, discussed working with the WWE to put the documentary together.

Highlights of the interview are below:

On having the idea while he was part of ESPN: “When I started 30 For 30 with Connor [Schell], we made a list of 12 can’t-miss docs and Andre was on that list. We ended up making half the list and there were others we couldn’t make for a variety of reasons — Andre’s being one of them — because the WWE didn’t do anything with other entities then.”

On working with WWE and getting them on board for the Andre documentary: “I developed a better relationship with the WWE. In 2015, we (at HBO) tried to convince Vince McMahon to do it. The WWE had their network and created a lot of content, but they also saw the big picture and they saw the value that this is with HBO. And then it unfolded and worked out.”

The interview is available in full at this link.