Belgian action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme has always had a close association with Hong Kong.
Here are four of his films with deep and sometimes surprising Hong Kong roots.
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Belgian action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme has always had a close association with Hong Kong.
Here are four of his films with deep and sometimes surprising Hong Kong roots.
While he had a short scene as a gay karate expert in 1984’s Monaco Forever, Van Damme landed his first prominent role in No Retreat, No Surrender, playing the hulking Russian fighter Ivan the Russian.
Yuen and Ng chose Van Damme at an open audition, impressed by his physique and his martial arts skills. During the shoot, he was coached on set to deliver his lines in English.
According to screenwriter Keith Strandberg, the shoot offered an early glimpse of Van Damme’s notorious on-set intensity.