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Van Damme After Timecop

posted 10 years ago by abcditseasy
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After Timecop, Van Damme says Universal was offered $12 million for a three-picture deal; he demanded $20 million, and claims he was summarily blacklisted for his hubris. There was also the 10-gram-a-day cocaine habit, the bipolar-disorder diagnosis, the spousal-abuse allegations in his 1993 divorce from a former Hawaiian Tropic model, the strip-club fistfight with ex–Hells Angel and Howard Stern Show barnacle Chuck Zito, and enough bad movies to max out a landfill. Some of this is mentioned or alluded to in JCVD; all of it is inscribed on Van Damme’s face.

[–] frankduxvandamme 10 years ago

No argument here. He had a good thing going and he screwed it up. However, it does seem like he's making a decent living off of the half a dozen straight-to-video garbage piles he does every year. So he didn't completely give up or throw it all away, like many other former stars.

[–] lineageya 9 years ago

LOL. OP jimmies are rustled. Yes yes let the butthurt flow through you.

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[–] jhtg 9 years ago

the only good films he made after this was sudden death and maximum risk. *beep* like double team and universal soldier 2 killed his career. which is a shame because he has been in good films like double impact and hard target

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[–] steelywulf 9 years ago

How could he have been blacklisted by Universal? His next three movies were made and/or released by them. Street Fighter, Sudden Death, and The Quest. I smell bs coming from the OP's source.

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[–] avortac 9 years ago

You might want to include "threatened to kick Steven Seagal's ass".

[–] wanted-doa 9 years ago

Im pretty sure it was warner bros that offered him the 3 pic deal.

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