Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger aren’t the only action stars who have been feuding for years. Jean-Claude Van Damme also had repeated arguments with a colleague, which mainly manifested themselves in mutual verbal attacks, but at one point almost degenerated into fist fights. While Stallone and Schwarzenegger are good friends today, Van Damme and the “Red Alert” star are Steven Seagal kept up their dispute for decades – until now!
Well, the two may not become friends again in this life, but Van Damme’s words from an interview with the can certainly be interpreted as a peace offering. By the way, the conflict was sparked by Seagal: he publicly questioned Van Damme’s abilities on the Arsenio Hall Show in the 90s, who obviously did not want to take the insult…
…and immediately criticized Seagal’s supposedly poor physical condition. The feud continued until Van Damme threatened to beat his competitor at a party hosted by Sylvester Stallone. But Seagal didn’t want a fight and later had to be insulted by Stallone: fighting with him was like ‘crushing an ant’. Was that why Seagal was missing from the big action hero summit “The Expendables”?
Jean-Claude-Van Damme: “When you are young, you want to be the macho man”
But at some point, even Jean-Claude Van Damme becomes gentle with age, and the 63-year-old said so in an interview with on record that there was no longer any bad blood on his part. “I have no problem with Steven,” he said.Blood sports“-Star. “When you’re young, you want to be the macho guy. If I saw him today, I wouldn’t have a problem with it.”
It is unknown how Seagal feels about the issue, but it can be assumed that the 71-year-old is not keen on continuing a feud that started decades ago. However, it remains unlikely that we’ll see the two together in a film – if only because Seagal’s career has been completely dormant for four years and he’s drawing more attention to himself through his friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin than through an upcoming movie. projects. Van Damme still makes regular (direct-to-DVD) films, but his heyday has been over for a while.