Back when Predator was being made, Joel Silver hired Jean Claude Van Damme to play the alien hunter. Things didn’t work out and that was the end of that.
Van Damme kept on doing spin kicks and splits, but then smacked it out of the park acting wise, with a superb turn in JCVD. His monologue is just brilliant.
He then turned down a role in The Expendables and went back to direct to DVD land. He also may or may no have had a heart attack during his most recent film, but that has since been denied.
Now it looks as if producer, Silver, is going back to Van Damme for a film called Dragon Eyes.
The New Orleans-set film tells of a young man who discovers that New Orleans is inundated with corrupt law enforcers. In an effort to thwart the corruption, he teams with the gangs that have wrongly accused of the crimes the cops have pinned on them.
Cung Lee would play the lead, Van Damme would play a supporting role in the Dark Castle project.
With this and a possible role in The Expendables 2 we may bet getting Van Damme back in the big leagues.
What are your thoughts on the man Van Damme?
Source: Hollywood Insider
