Van Damme, Jean-Claude Once Entered Sylvester Stallone’s Home Without Permission In Order To Meet Him
Jean-Claude Van Damme once looked up to Sylvester Stallone as an idol. Future action star Van Damme couldn’t help but look up to the idol even before he became a celebrity. It got to the point when Van Damme broke into Stallone’s home only to meet the star. However, Van Damme saw right once that the break-in wasn’t a smart plan.
Jean-Claude Van Damme snuck into Sylvester Stallone’s house to meet him
HOLLYWOOD, CA – AUGUST 15: Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and Actor/Writer/Director Sylvester Stallone arrive at Lionsgate Films’ “The Expendables 2” premiere on August 15, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Before he became one of Hollywood’s biggest martial arts action stars, Van Damme was just trying to get his foot in the industry. One of the ways he tried to break into Hollywood was by breaking into Stallone’s home. His plan was to meet his idol personally and convince the Rocky star to collaborate with him.
“I was around his house, and I see this blonde lady — it was his first wife [Sasha Czack] — coming out with a bicycle,” Van Damme recalled to Yahoo.Upon noticing this, Van Damme seized the opportunity.
“I was trying to go above his wall. … [Czack] saw that, she called the cops. They came right away. But I [said], ‘I’m a big fan. I just want to do karate with Stallone.’ They [heard] the accent, they saw in my eyes I was innocent. They said, ‘Move on,’” he continued.
Van Damme would later finally be able to collaborate with his hero in The Expendables 2. But not after making a bad impression on Stallone.
“At that time I wanted to make one more martial arts movie called Tower,” Van Damme explained. “[Stallone] called me and I heard his voice and Expendables. I said, ‘But I’ve got something for you! This movie Tower.’ So he’s calling me to ask me to be in Expendables, and I’m asking Stallone to be in my movie. So he called the producers. ‘This guy’s whacked, you know.’ So I made a mistake, I guess. So he didn’t talk to me.”
Fortunately, he and Stallone were able to reach a compromise, which paved the way for them to team up. Jean-Claude Van Damme wanted to change ‘The Expendables 2’ script, but was afraid to tell Sylvester Stallone
After Van Damme’s initiation into The Expandables, there were some areas of the movie he felt needed to change. Particularly, how his final fight was handled.
“When I read the script, the final fight was me running away from him, jumping into a helicopter and taking off and then he came (sic) in the warehouse with a chain and throws it into the propeller and the helicopter is going up, but it’s chained,” Van Damme told WENN (via Hollywood) “We start fighting in the helicopter, break the cockpit, the helicopter falls down and touches his leg and he’s kind of stuck. Then I took (sic) a knife and escape and there’s a big circle of fire and this lady is trying to shoot me. I didn’t like it.”
However, Van Damme was very hesitant in telling Stallone his opinions on the film. So he wrote the Rambo actor a letter instead. But when he went to personally hand Stallone the note, Van Damme realized he’d lost it. So he had to tell Stallone his opinion of the fight sequence to his face.
“He says, ‘Sit down,’ and I go, ‘Oh f*** it, I’m gonna tell him how I feel.’ I say, ‘Stallone, I think people want to see Muhammad Ali against Frasier. It’s a metaphor. Look at your arms, you’re strong. We need to do a fight. I need to give you myself to punch and kick the s*** out of me. And hopefully, I will do some damage to you,” Van Damme recalled. “He said, ‘I tell you what. Go and design the fight!’ Later I look all over the place for the letter; it was stuck to my pocket!”
Sylvester Stallone once claimed Jean-Claude Van Damme didn’t star in ‘The Expendables’ because of Jet Li
Van Damme may have starred in the Expendables sequel, but he originally turned down the role for the first film. According to Stallone, that was because Van Damme didn’t want to lose a fight to another action star in Jet Li.
“I wanted to set Jean-Claude against Jet Li, but he didn’t want to lose to Jet,” Stallone said in an interview with Ace Showbiz. “He didn’t think that was cool. But that’s why it would be cool; to have Jean-Claude beaten by the other man. Hey, they could have a rematch. But Steven Seagal and Van Damme, they weren’t really into our gallows humor.” But Van Damme gave another reason as to why he first turned down the offer.
“He was unable to tell what it’s going to be. [Stallone said:] ‘You know, uh, well, the fighting will be good.’ [So I said:] ‘Sly, what is my character?’ So I didn’t do the movie,” Van Damme confided Total Film (via First Showing.)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger (aka “Arnie”, “The Austrian Oak”, or “The Govenator”) is an ultimate action movie legend of the first class. Both a former Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia champion bodybuilder and former Governor of California, Arnold has risen to the highest levels of worldly success.
Born in Thal, Styria, Austria, Arnold made his breakthrough into Hollywood action movies originally in sword-and-sorcery with Conan the Barbarian and in sci-fi with The Terminator, early roles which let him hide his thick accent and lack of American acting experience.
However, Arnold quickly found his niche and would go on to helm some of the most critically and commercially successful action movie blockbusters of all time. Including Terminator 2: Judgement Day and the Terminator Series, Commando, Predator, Total Recall and True Lies to name a few. While he has eased up in later years to pursue public office, his legacy remains Arnold strong!
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1991) Biography, Plot, Trailer
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1991)
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation is a 1991 American martial arts action film starring Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, and James Booth. A sequel to American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989), it is the fourth installment in the American Ninja franchise, followed by American Ninja V and was directed by Cedric Sundstrom. The film marked Michael Dudikoff’s final appearance in the American Ninja franchise.
Plot
A Delta Force unit attempts to escape from a pursuing group of ninja in a foreign country but most are killed and the rest are captured. The secret Ninja Army is headed by Colonel Scarf Mulgrew) an ex-British policeman and anti-American who has joined with Shiekh Ali Maksood, a Muslim militant, who plans to bring a suitcase nuke to New York. Mulgrew threatens to burn the commandos alive and use the nuke unless he is paid a ransom of 50 million dollars. Agents Sean Davidson and Carl Brackston are sent on a covert mission to rescue the prisoners and defeat the terrorists.
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Sean and Carl parachute in and meet their contact Pango. While gathering information from a local operative named Freddie, they are confronted by Mulgrew and the corrupt local police headed by O’Reilly. Freddie is killed by Mulgrew but Sean, Carl, and Pango escape. Pango takes them to Dr. Sarah a Peace Corps nurse who hides them from the police. Soon after ninjas attack, capturing Sean, Carl and Sarah alive while Pango escapes, and imprisoning them in an old British fort to be tortured by Mulgrew. Mulgrew assaults Sarah and later it is revealed Mulgrew killed her father.
Cast
Michael Dudikoff as Agent Joe Armstrong
David Bradley as Agent Sean Davidson
Dwayne Alexandre as Agent Carl Brackston
Robin Stille as Dr. Sarah[3]
Ken Gampu as Dr. Tamba
James Booth as Colonel Scarf Mulgrew
Ron Smerczak as Shiekh Ali Maksood
Frantz Dobrowsky as Captain O’Reilly
Kely McClung as Super Ninja
Jody Abrahams as Pango
Anthony Fridjhon as Freddie / Treddle
David Sherwood as Gavin
Sean Kelly as Norris
Jamie Bartlett as Segal
John Pasternak as Carlos
Robin B. Smith as Schultz
Shane Safi as Little Special School Child
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Will Smith CONFRONTS Jim Carrey For HUMILIATING Him On Live TV
Get ready for the ultimate showdown! In this explosive video, Will Smith confronts Jim Carrey after being publicly humiliated on live TV.
The two Hollywood legends have a long-standing rivalry, but things came to a head after Jim’s controversial comments about Will during an interview.
With tensions running high, Will finally has the opportunity to confront Jim face-to-face and demand an apology.
But will Jim be able to make amends for his insulting remarks, or will this confrontation only escalate the feud further?
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But will Jim be able to make amends for his insulting remarks, or will this confrontation only escalate the feud further?
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