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Interest from Van Dammova life:
For his stage name he chose the surname of his father's cousin.
In 1980 he won the European Championship in the middleweight kickboxing
He likes classical music. His favorite composer is Beethoven.
Won the case with martial arts legend Frank Duxem, with whom he disputes the profits from Van directorial debut Dammova The Quest.
Apparently learned English when viewing comics Flinstoneovi.
It works well in the French advertising on the World of Warcraft.
Speak English, French, German and Spanish.
The nickname "muscles from Brussels" (muscles from Brussels) he invented himself in Menahem Golan. Later in an interview to the question how he likes his nickname said: 'More than an idiot from Brussels. "
Predator was originally played by Jean Claude Van Damme, who left after filming two days, when he discovered that the character will not be listed in the credits.

Sylvester Stallone said in an interview to the question:
Who do you think won? Steven Seagal or Jean-Claude Van Damme?
In 1997 I held a home party in Miami. They were all there, Arnold, Bruce Willis ... it was a great party. Van Damme called Seagal that it can give back to the yard férovku. Seagal is somehow excused himself and disappeared.
But Van Damme got berserk and Seagal traced to somewhere in the city to a nightclub, where he called again. And Seagal disappeared like Houdini again. Van Damme at the time was just much stronger. Seagal is about definitely not going to see for yourself.

In another interview, confirmed the mutual rivalry between him and Segal
"I'm not a fighter, now I rather like women. The last game I won twenty years ago. And if someone tells me that I was jerk, and I'll ignore it. Thus, if the guy is not someone like Steven Seagal. Because if he tried it, so I returned it to him twice, "does not obscure actor Van Damme rivalry.