JCVD - New Van Damn French Flick

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JCVD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

JCVD is a French meta-action film directed by Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as the title role. Van Damme plays himself, a down-and-out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him, as he’s caught in a bank heist in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium.

What got me though is this:

Jean-Claude Van Damme Still Wants to Get His Kicks | Newsweek Newsmakers | Newsweek.com

Don't call him washed up—at 48, Jean-Claude Van Damme is back with a new indy film called "JCVD," about … himself. He's passionate about it, and about so much else. He spoke to Sarah Ball:

What are you doing in Thailand?
I've been in the cutting room all night, working on a new film I'm directing called "Full Love."

How ' s it coming?
Good. You go through that certain depression because the actors are all leaving, but they're there now with me in the cutting room.

Why did you want to make a film that comments on your own life?
I made this just to show some of the internal side of J.C.V.D., in a way. He's a guy, a normal guy from Belgium with dreams, and I did well in that type of path. At the age of 47, to take chances and go back to Europe and be talking to some studios there, I'm showing them that I believe I'm good quality.

There ' s a monologue in the film about being a washed-up action star. Did you improvise that?
I like structure—like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car, go in right, you'll see a big church, stop and take a left, and you'll have it. By doing this I'm giving a structure of life, a path of light, and showing what happens between me and me, which is something very beautiful.

Beautiful? Why?
I really opened myself up in "JCVD." I peeled back the skin of the fruit, cut the pulp and then took that very hard seed. In this film I cut that hard seed, and inside that seed was a kind of liquid cream substance of the man I am, or the woman you are.

OK —
It was like being naked—I would love to be naked in front of you.

Well, I —
Not being naked being naked. I say such things in Hong Kong and they thought I was being a crazy Frenchman. Being naked of protection.

So you ' ve no regrets at all?
Believe me—I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff. So are you in New York?

Yes, I am.
And are you 27, or 32?

I ' m 22.
Oh, f–––. That is very young. Will you come to the premiere?

I don ' t know. When is it?
I don't know. You will wear all black, a black dress and high heels?

Uh —
You can come find me, I will be the one with the very broad shoulders, dark hair and a simple suit. We can have some champagne, you and me.

[Null]

The movie is fairly decent. Shows off a lot of his acting abilities. I know a lot of people will go in expecting 1980s JCVD but they have to face it, those years are past him and that is basically what this movie is here to show. I liked it.

[tyven]

i really want to see it, looks hilarious

[Kyo]

Looks pretty good.

[archibaldcrane]

Apparently Fedor Emilianenko is in this as well.

[Bearsan]

I will always remember him as Luc Deveraux, universal soldier.

[Correction]

Always funny when you stumble on a thread and the OP's been banned.

I will always remember JCVD as the guy who had to do the same uncomfortable-looking splits in all his movies. YouTube - JCVD: King of Kicks/Splits Part 1/2

[Viq]

Originally Posted by Bearsan

I will always remember him as Luc Deveraux, universal soldier.

According to an interview he did on the Adams Carolla show, he's making a sequel to Universal Soldier. If you have iTunes, you can download the interview for free. It was in the November 13th episode. This is the interview in which he forgot his character's name in JCVD....

[Bearsan]

Originally Posted by Viq

According to an interview he did on the Adams Carolla show, he's making a sequel to Universal Soldier. If you have iTunes, you can download the interview for free. It was in the November 13th episode. This is the interview in which he forgot his character's name in JCVD....

I will have to look into that.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Correction

Always funny when you stumble on a thread and the OP's been banned.

I will always remember JCVD as the guy who had to do the same uncomfortable-looking splits in all his movies. YouTube - JCVD: King of Kicks/Splits Part 1/2

Yeah, I stayed up all morning just to watch him get banned. Makes me feel good to watch stupid people get caught on it.

Anyway, between him and Johnny Cage, I constantly tried doing splits as a child.