Van Damme Turned Down New ‘Fighter’ ?
Jean-Claude Van Damme has claimed that he turned down the chance to appear in the new Street Fighter movie.Doom director Andrzej Batkowiak is currently working on a big-screen adaptation of the popular computer game series, but Van Damme, who played lead character Guile in the 1994 version, will not appear in the film.
Speaking to MTV Movies, Van Damme said: “In fact they called me for that movie, to do the sequel. I would have been well paid but I didn’t want to do it.
“I’ve made enough money. I don’t want to make a movie and then come home and be unhappy about it. Life is short. I’m 47 years old.
“I’ve got ten years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those ten years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year.
“I just want to do something I’m proud of. It’s time for me to change. I could sign with a company for ten movies and I’m the king of video and so what?”
Van Damme also claimed that he turned down the chance to work with Brett Ratner on Rush Hour 3.
He said: “Yeah, I was approached. But if I do an action movie today I cannot walk through the streets and do karate moves.
“I would not believe it anymore. It’s hard for me to say that. I cannot go and do three somersaults. I would feel like a monkey. So Rush Hour, even though I would have been well paid, would have been difficult for me to accept.”
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Dolph Lundgren Goes All Roman In ‘The Final Enquiry’
Just picture the scene reader. A dusty vault in the basement of an unnamed film studio. Inside, four glass cases containing four actors suspended in stasis. The four are Stephen Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris and Dolph Lundgren. A peeling sign on the wall displays the instruction…”Break glass only in the event of emergency or imminent straight to DVD release.”
Bless, they’re cotton socks eh? Despite all their faults and the numerous despicable cinematic sewerage they’ve graced over the years, I’m still fascinated in what they all get up to.
Obviously big Dolph has been unleashed courtesy of a few careful hammer blows as he’s recently been talking about his latest DVD release and you know, it does actually sound quite interesting. I’ll pass you over to Dolph and let him brief you on what’s going down.
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Kreuk is Chun-Li in Vancouver-bound ‘Street Fighter’
Vancouver actress and Smallville star Kristin Kreuk will topline Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom’s Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li, based on the Japanese video game franchise. The actress will play the heroine Chun-Li.
Meanwhile, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein and Rick Yune have joined the project, according to Variety. Duncan will play Balrog, while Klein is stepping into the role of Nash. Yune will take on the mantle of the mystical Gen.
Producers are still casting the film’s villain, Bison.
20th Century Fox will distribute the film, set to begin filming in March in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and here in Vancouver.
With Smallville gearing up to begin shooting new episodes to close out its seventh season over the next couple of weeks, Kreuk will work around her responsibilities to the popular CW skein.
The Street Fighter script, written by Voltron writer Justin Marks, will be helmed by Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds). Hong Kong fight choreographer Dion Lam (The Matrix) will stage the extreme fight sequences.
“Street Fighter” was previously made into a film back in 1994, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia, and produced by Universal.
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