Jean Claude Van Damme is the Villain in The Expendables 2
Sylvester Stallone has long toyed with having Jean-Claude Van Damme come aboard for this follow-up to the extremely popular action ensemble, often poking fun at the Muscles from Brussels on his personal Twitter account for not being man enough to take on what will surely be an intense shoot. The news of Jean-Claude Van Damme coming aboard didn't stem from there, though, as Sylvester Stallone has been suspiciously absent on the social networking site since January 29th.
This news actually came from Jean-Claude Van Damme's longtime collaborator, Sheldon Lettich, the writer-director behind Double Impact and Lionheart, who was advised by Van Damme himself that he would be playing a villain, presumably against Bruce Willis, who has long been set to play the main villain in the movie.
For the past few moths, Sylvester Stallone has gone back and forth on whether or not he will return to direct The Expendables 2. Last we heard, he was looking for a director to take over the project so he could focus more on the acting part of the job. Of course, that could change again anytime in the near future.
Sylvester Stallone is set to star in the Walter Hill-directed Headshot before embarking on The Expendables 2.
The Expendables 2 comes to theaters August 17th, 2012 and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Liam Hemsworth, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Jet Li. The film is directed by Simon West.
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Kevin Smith
van damme and willis as main bad guys!!!!gonna be awesome!
10 months agoby @Kevin-Smith-29381626Flag
Ashleigh Stewart
F*ck yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 months agoby @Ashleigh-StewartFlag
Steph Scott
Great stuff, cant wait to see him do what he does best :D He will be a great villain and hope to see more of him in Hollywood :D x
1 year agoby @steph-xFlag
Nautical
Kinda cool...i gotta redbox the first one soon.
1 year agoby @nautical05Flag
Cheetoboy
Can't wait to see Expendables 2, finally an update on who will act in it next. Jean Claude should be a perfect foe for Sylvestor Stallone, along with Bruce Willis. Now I wonder what the main plot is going to be about.
1 year agoby @cheetoboyFlag
Van Dammage
jcvd is still the best but i agree on what D7 said coz vandammefan.net is a bloody and untrusted forum and it is where the heart attack rumor come from
1 year agoby @Van-DammageFlag
Nanna Adam
vandammefan.net makes rumors i hate it
1 year agoby @Nanna-AdamFlag
Dammage7
Sources: Vandammefan.net? LOL! Isn't this the nasty forum where members insult each other and insult Mr. Van Damme himself?
1 year agoby @dammage7Flag
Lastwerdz
stallone said back in the 90's that compared to other action stars at the time jcvd was the real deal ,and that's quite something
1 year agoby @lastwerdzFlag
RojoDiablo
Good addition imo and would love to see Chan added as well. The film JCVD showed me that ole Muscles still has "it" and I look for him to help make this sequel a good one.
1 year agoby @rojodiabloFlag
Giu Santana
Realmente, elenco de primeira. Promete!!!
1 year agoby @Giu-SantanaFlag
CelluloidDreams
Very Cool casting... love the 80's action hero casting!
1 year agoby @2movieguysFlag
Equialuv
@jptheredskull haha - it would be great if Norris was in it, but then there would be no need for JCVD as a villian, Chuck could do it all himself. But I am glad that JCVD is gonna be in it, he is gonna be a good villian.
1 year agoby @equialuvFlag
Rudy
I'm talking about van damme.
1 year agoby @rudyFlag
Rudy
Hope this stops him from making stupid movies.
1 year agoby @rudyFlag
Jimthar
@nawtnt i like your list but i doubt they will all be in ONE movie. it'd be nearly impossible to give that many people adequate screen time in one movie. though i would love to see them all in future versions of the expendables, at some point. cool that you mentioned dacascos. i've been saying he needs to be in one of these movies for months now. not too sure about jackie chan though. what about jeff speakman or michael dudikoff?
1 year agoby @jimtharFlag
Mutant
still got to see the first one
1 year agoby @zenderFlag
Rich Ebersole
This going to be great! I hope Jason Statham is still in it too!
1 year agoby @Rich-EbersoleFlag
mosorwvlad
@nawtnt Wow take it easy man you are leaving in a fantasy world. Houston we have a problem !
1 year agoby @mosorwvladFlag
Nawtnt
I hope this is true, Van Damme will finally go back on the big screen and kick ass along with Stallone, Arine, Willis, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Jason Statham.
It's time to bring back the action stand of the 80's and show those Twilight punks that real men are back in action.
No CGI, No Wires and No Fake Explosion in these days it happens but in the 80's it didn't have any of that now that's why 80's action movies are classices because real men didn't that, not some heartrob teenager.
Hopefully these people can join The Expendables 2:
Steven Seagel
Kurt Russell
Mark Ducasacos
Jackie Chan
Sasha Mitchell
Dwayne Johnson
Vin Diesel
Scott Adkins
Michael Jai White
Robert DeNiro
Chow Yun Fat
Andrei Alovksi
Ving Rhames
Vinnie Jones
and Chuck Norris
1 year agoby @nawtntFlag
mosorwvlad
Double Van Damme with Jean Claude Impact ! That's he's real name !
1 year agoby @mosorwvladFlag
skywise
Cant wait to see his eeeeevilness
1 year agoby @skywiseFlag
Salem6777
sweetness!!!!
1 year agoby @Salem6777Flag
bud2fresh
i'm all for this! i didn't think the first was all that great but this will surely make me go see it on opening weekend.I love that he's in Kung Fu Panda 2 i'm happy he's getting some work after so many bad flicks :)
1 year agoby @bud2freshFlag
Mutant
It's too bad that there isn't younger action film heroes, well not a lot of them. I consider Chris Bale as an action hero and Keanu Reeves.
1 year agoby @zenderFlag
The_Crow2k
On the safe way to another crappy action flick like the first one was.
1 year agoby @the-crow2kFlag
Dan
Meh. Didn't care too much for the first. This'll be a rental.
1 year agoby @dan1Flag
Diaigma
Damme! Nice pick! :P
1 year agoby @diaigmaFlag
JasonKat
If Mr Miyagi was still alive, i bet he would b in this,lol maybe as a taxi driver.
1 year agoby @jasonkatFlag
David-Dvd-1988
F*cking love it!
1 year agoby @david-dvd-1988Flag