Van Damme Should Fight His Unused Version Of Predator In His Final Action Film
Jean-Claude Van Damme is set to close out his action movie career with What's My Name?, and if that's the case, he should face off with his unused version of the Predator. The 1980s was a golden period for the creation of horror and sci-fi icons, with the decade producing the likes of Freddy Krueger, the Terminator and the Predator. Arriving in cinemas in 1987, Predator was a modern riff on the poem Beowulf and saw an alien hunter stalk a special forces group, killing them one by one until only Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch remained.
Predator is a tautly directed sci-fi/horror hybrid and has since spawned many sequels and spinoffs. One well-known piece of lore surrounding Predator is that a young Jean-Claude Van Damme was hired — and later fired — as the titular hunter, and he performed in an early version of the costume.Predator should have been a big break for JCVD, but he was lumbered with a terrible-looking costume that was also difficult to work in. Many stories have gone around about why Van Damme was fired; some have cited his constant complaints, while others state he kept passing out from the heat of working in the outfit and was dropped by the producer.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme quickly bounced back from thePredator debacle, becoming a movie star thanks to projects like Double Impact and John Woo's Hard Target. While his career has had its ups and downs, he's been a consistently popular action star for over 30 years. He's set to leave the genre behind with the upcoming What's My Name? an action drama based on a story he conceived of. The movie will see Van Damme (who often plays twins) as a version of himself who is left with
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