When I watched Timecop I had seen Steven Lambert fight Scenes with Jean Claude Damme. I think that it was awesome and intense. I respect Steven Lambert's work.
Whenever I see Street Fighter when the Guile Flying kick toward Bison comes I always remember he was on coke all the time and that maybe that was no special effect😜
I never was a biiiiig Van Damme fan, so i basically only saw TimeCop a couple of years ago for the first time. I was amazed at how well it aged and how big the production value was. I immediately bought the Blu-ray after that. Timecop and Sudden Death really grew on me.
Hey, these heroes are people at the end of the day! They have their good days and their bad days. Have to get that book! Thanks for the heads-up! And wonderful story!
I worked on Timecop. Van Damme was a great guy. Hung out with extras, gave stunt guys parts and introduced them to producers, solid guy. I missed the bad shit.
Yeah JCVD was screwing up at this point. He was taking his stardom for granted and was abusing substances. Acting not super professional. His career suffered as a result.
Definitely. And his ego soared to unimaginable heights. This is pretty much right around the time he ruined his career and basically got blacklisted from hollywood.
Yeah, it was also not far off the time where he refused a 3 picture deal where he was about to get paid $12 mil. for each, he said he wanted $20 for each of the 3 films like Jim Carrey, got blacklisted and never recovered from that.
Yeah he severely messed up his career at this point. Timecop should've been the beginning of the most successful chapter in his career. Instead it was all downhill after this.
Steven Lambert sounds like a stand up guy, and tough as well. About Jean Claude, being frustrated once he was rejected, and it's sad that he had a cocaine addiction. Wish Van Damme could talk about it today (Since he is clean, and more mature). Thanks for sharing your talk with Steven Lambert.
I am one of them who got huge respect for Jean Claud Van Damme's talent, skills and charisma. No matter how much others talk and question if he is a real fighter or not, the fact is that Nobody can do the most difficult fierce fight scenes with such mastery, accuracy and show bsilliant skills, so masterfully that he made all of them classic. That's why he became Van Damme and others were not able to come even close to him in the movie industry and if a man is not real professional fighter, no tutoring and jim excersices will help. They can hire all ballerons from the leading opera theatres in the world and train them, non of them will be able to do that. They also can hire all Karate kickboxing fighters and they will not be able to fight with such accuracy, speed and grace which makes JCVD's fights classic, how to say, the way I see it fierce fight carried out with aristocratic refinement. But after hearing Mr Steven Lambert, I kind of do not know what to say! Van Damme must be grateful that Steven Lambert did not sue him because what he did is very bad. Mr Lambert is a Colleague who trusted him to do his job with responsibility and suddenly he caused injury and bleeded the man when he did not ecpect at all. That is highly unprofessional. Mr Steven Lambert deserves big credit for not suing him. Hope he appreciates that, If Van Damme went later and apologize for what he did, that would have made him look a little better!
Yeah unfortunately he had the same behaviour on the set of Street Fighter. I am in the biggest JC fan and these where the last days of his success due to his cocaine addiction. He’s since recognised his mistakes and is a genuinely nice guy. Fame got to his head like it does so many, no one seems to mention Robert Downey Junior anymore but here we are. JCVD movies where to best as a kid and teenager I so miss those days.
IKR, I am big JC fan I grew up with the big three Arnold, Stallone and Jean Claude Vaddam and I am sad to hear this story because of the way Vaddam acted and I am speaking as a huge fan someone who has seen all his movies.
I think I heard about this way back when I was a kid. I was on a road trip with my mom and a friend of hers. My mom knew how much of a Van Damme fan I was and I think she mentioned it to her friend(because he was making a new movie at the time) and my moms friend said something like *well it’s ok to like his movies but don’t go idolizing the man. They say he is a really bad person on set of those movies. They just said something about injuring someone one set. He really hit that man* . I completely forgot about that until I saw this video.
Another great video, I have heard stories of Van Damme getting a little rough with stuntmen and costars all the way back to No Retreat No Surrender. When you hear stories about this type of thing it makes you respect stuntmen even more, they truly deserve their own category at the Oscars! Would love to see a movie breakdown of Time Cop, it’s a good flick with some great action. Also Desert Heat; it’s one of his lesser known movies but it has a good story, and great performances from Danny Trejo, Pat Morita and Van Damme himself.
Problem with some of these stars is they get so big and so popular that their egos grow the same rate and same size. They don’t realize that they are their own downfall. As other more popular actor show up people like Van Damme just disappear. They’re not needed. Especially as their box office drawl starts to diminish. I think Van Damme Learned a very valuable lesson now. He seems to be more humble and a lot more grown-up.
Wow. I've learned alot from listening to Steven Lambert. Just goes to show you, no matter how much you know, you can always learn more, you can always learn something new. Jean Claude Van Damme seems like a cool guy, liked by many, many actors and Martial Artists have said good things about the man, but there has to be some kind of unfortunate moment.😂None of us want to get on Vam Damme's bad side, that just doesn't seem like a good idea, if you want to lead a healthy lifestyle. Thanks, for interviewing this man. Respect to you and him, for taking the time to make this video. TERRANCE OUT
@@kungfuwitcher7621 Yes, but sometimes people don't think, when young, we all don't develop are thought process at time's etc., as even nice guys have bad days!!!!
@@scottsullivan7129 True. Over the years throughout training I know the temptation is there to clock someone who maybe going in a bit heavy, and I probably did myself at a long ago young age. Still though at least JVCD is a professional and with countless action scenes I guess just the once is better than a load of times. As you say when young decisions are sometimes reckless. Hell, even some never learn and still do it at a mature age.
Timecop is easily one of my favorite JCVD action/Sci-Fi film along with Cyborg which reminds me of the Fist of the North Star Japanese anime from the 80's. Steven Lambert has tons of stories to share in his thick book judging the size of the book...lol...... I'll look into it. Keep up the solid video contents Viking Samurai and bring back Mr. Lambert again on future episodes.
Wouldn't mind Death Warrant as a young, fresh-out-of-college David Goyer wrote it, I think? That could be interesting as he went on to write Batman Begins. Also, Death Warrant is probably the closest we get to Van Damme horror pic. In my humble opinion!
Wrong Bet was made after Death Warrant but was released before Death Warrant. Why Death Warrant is a decent movie , it doesn't hold a candle to Wrong Bet , which is why it was released first to try & boost sales for Death Warrant!
What a wonderful and hazardous story. I believe this woulda been around the time where Vandammes bad habits were getting to him.😨. Ego syndrome was kicking in overdrive. ..... Timecop was cool. Gotta see it again.
wow i dont know why this video showed up in my feed but i love these clips with the interview! i will try and find the book because this is what is interesting to read about!
Well yeah, he was nervous. On the set of Cyborg he took out a dude's eye, an active duty soldier no less, with a prop knife or sword. He knew he could get sued. Again.
I really enjoy Your channel, so many amazing facts about my childhood heroes. I'm was so lucky to grow up in the 80s and 90s and watch all those great movies. They inspired me to start lifting weights, which i do to this day. Keep up the good work, I look forward for next videos. BTW just ordered Steve's book, such a great guy.
Another fantastic video. Just gotta start off by saying thank you for inspiring me to change my life. I’m three days of no smoking and diet has been going for two weeks..I’m also exercising every day,walking at present (about 5/10 miles a day, every day) because of 37 years of smoking..in a couple of weeks I’ll start light jogging. Honestly, it’s you’re fitness videos and positive outlook that’s kicked me into gear before it’s too late. I’m 52 this year and I’ve found my passion for training again i thought was gone forever. Thx again
This is very interesting history about JCVD and whis background working whith another guys (specially stunt doubles). Basicalyy its the same tale about "Cyborg" whem Van Damme hurts one thouse stuntmen on the eye.
Great interview. In the future will you talk about Seagal's The Glimmer Man from 1996. In my opinion it's such an Underrated movie and there is not much trivia about the film, I love the fights in the movie and it's one of Seagal's best. Keep up the great work 💪
Yeah, there’s nothing like looking up to a guy who was being a Prima Donna on the set of ‘Predator’ and didn’t get along with the real men on set. Or being an absolute nightmare to work with in Street Fighter. Being a coke addict, cheating on his woman, being a huge reason why Street Fighter was poorly made etc. JCVD looks even worse when you know Raul Julia, had cancer and was having health problems, but he pushed through during the shooting of ‘Street Fighter’ to make his children happy. Even when JCVD was being a sh*tbag. And also, who’s clearly shown being unable to control his emotions/anger and badly punching a coworker who was just doing his job. Man, what a solid role model to look up to 👍🏻
This interview gets better and better, love hearing these stories from our favorite action heroes 😁. And thank God Lambert is a pro, imagine if that had happened to some stunt rookie. Van Damme acted like an idiot and Steven paid for Mr Silk underwear's frustration.
Van damme is my favorite martial artist of all time but he is definitely very dangerous to work with in his movies. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard him injuring stunt men in his films.
First off, great video again Viking. Although I must say I'm watching it with mixed emotions. It's funny and sad at the same time. It's funny cause it's always great to learn some facts behind the screen. But it's sad because you also learn that some of people you admire or even idolize are not what you thought they would be. Of cource, it also depands on your own moral compass how you see some facts, but like I said, it's sad to see when actors you love seemed to lost their moral compass for some reason. And I love both Steven Seagal and JVCD. Nevertheless, I'll keep watching your next video's, because I love the way you present it. Even though it leaves me with a bitter taste. Keep up the good work bro..👍💪
The video of Van Dam kicking Cody Garbrandt in the face is pretty funny. And he was on a podcast recently where he essentially admits that his start in film was at the cost of sexual favor(s).
This isn’t the first story I’ve heard about Van Damme acting this way. When Chuck Zito put him down I cheered because he had been getting rough with stunt people for years and Zito is a stunt guy.
Great interview! I love to hear about the behind the scenes I love Van Damme but I also know his bipolar and possibly on cocaine for years sounds like Kanye West 🤣
Yeah.....I'm taking JCVD in that potential after "cut" fight.......Mr. Lambert seems like a nice guy...but let's be real here. Looking forward to hearing more. Interesting to hear different perspectives from people who were actual present.
There was also an incident, jean-Claude Van Damme where a stunt man had lost his vision in one eye. I believe it was in that cyborg movie. Again I really appreciate your videos I enjoyed them immensely, stay on your grind and God bless you and your family.I am not really sure about the story if it’s true or not, so maybe you can do some investigating into it. Thank you again
He also kicked ufc fighter Cody Garbrandt in the face in a sparring session lmao. And he notoriously kicked a guy in the face during Cyborg. And I highly doubt jcvd was scared of this guy lmao.
@@mjdub1013 1. I was defending Van Damme. 2. Cody "whined" because he was watching a demonstration and got hook kicked in the teeth completely unprepared. Completely different scenario than fighting.
I follow Scott Adkins podcast on YT. Stories told by other action fighters, Steve Seagal ETC. I'm glad i found your channel. I love these stories. I make my own Van Style music and remixes, such as those from Bloodsport and Kickboxer. Maybe i could make you a nice Bloodsport style intro? Free of course.
That'd be great, I need to make a nice little intro, that music would be perfect! DM me on Instagram sometime at Realvikingsamurai or send an email realvikingsamurai@gmail.com
Great songs, love them! I'll share your page on my community post in the next couple of days, I'm sure a lot of my subscribers will love the songs too!
@@khurramfarooq9002 okay. I wasn't which one it was, but Van Damme did the same thing with Dolph Lundgren on Universal Soldier 1992. Apparently Dolph's agent approached Van Damme about making unnecessary contact during fight scenes.
@@rmjmoviereviews6876 That's right, but VD only kicked his hand. Here's Dolph telling the story at around 50:40: th-cam.com/video/_YtnGqbAKOc/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ScottAdkins
Viking Samurai, I either was not listening close if you said this in one of these videos but i didnt know Jean Claude Van Damme and Sho Kosugi did a movie together in 1988. I watched a while back and now recently and Kosugi's kids were in it too. I just didnt know he made a movie with Van Damme. FYI- Your channel is cool to watch.
I'm definitely getting that book. Just out of curiosity are you familiar with the epic fight between Busey and Gibson from LW? No beef that I know of and they themselves were not martial artists but four martial artists were brought in to choreograph the fight together. One from capoeira, a judo expert, one of the Gracie six years before ufc1, and a style I never heard of that has been described as prison krav maga which has boxing at its core but with clinch fighting such as knees and headbutts. Whether or not you do a video as a student of the arts I think you'd have fun going back and watching that you can easily pick out when and where the techniques of these four unique styles get thrown in.
two hours ago i wrote a letter to Steven Lambert.Allbody know record JCVD,and i could find one gyu who fought against Van Damme.His mame is Sherman Bergman and he lost JCVD by knockout in 1979.In 1980 he lost other movie star Gary Daniels.And i asked Steven Lambert about this guy.Also i wrote Ron Balicki about story Seagall and Lebell.Ron did not see yet this interview with Steven Lambert.There is also a legend that Mike Tyson beat Chuck Norris in 1990.This story told Mikes bodyguard.
I heard about Tyson beating up Wesley Snipes in a bathroom. At a popular restaurant in NY back in the 90s. They had a confrontation about something Snipes said. Tyson approached him by himself in there. Snipes was trying to basically like Fat Joe told Roy Jones Jr. it was just a joke lol. But Iron Mike wasn't having it and clocked him cold.
@@dtill5322 first of all sorry for my translating from russia to Eanglish.In those years, Chuck Norris, who was looking for an actress for the film, decided to choose Mike Tyson's wife for the role. Robin, Mike's wife, did not want to star in the film and Chuck received rejections in his address. In the end, Robin agreed to discuss the film with Chuck when they met. She told her bodyguard "T" that he was very straightforward with her and she didn't like it. After that, Mike, who found out about this situation, came to Chuck personally, but he was not at home.Then he invited him to his next fight, and finally meeting with him at the evening of the upcoming fight, with a handshake, pulled Chuck to himself, and hit him from the head, after the blow, Chuck fell and Mike announced that he did not approach his wife anymore. , or it won't be good for him. Chuck was helped up by the same anonymous "Ti" who decided to share this story.
@@zverev85 oh man wow brother!? 😳😳😳 I don't doubt it about Mike Tyson lol. During that time he was not a guy to kid around with. Especially about Robin Givens or anything he'd take as a personal attack/insult lol. This first time I heard about Chuck Norris receiving a blow from him haha. Not many guys in MMA now in their primes want to fight Tyson. I still remember seeing him play fight with Jon Jones. Then when he slapped Dana White in the chest on that private plane. The way he looked and got up and moved out the way lol. That was just a tap to him Dana said. He's got some heavy hands bro. For sure. Your English is good.👍 Thanks for sharing that.
@@dtill5322 i don't know was it true,but Mike is the gratest boxer.and i saw his fight with Jones.I think he won this fight.I want to see Tyson-Vladimir Klitchko
@@zverev85 yeah he definitely did. Jones definitely far past his former glory days. Has no more knees, reflexes and things that kept him safe. Tyson was holding back on him for sure. That would be an interesting exhibition between Tyson and Klitscko!!!
Right in the middle of his drug addiction... sad someone with his talent acts that way ...but From what I hear now he is cleaned up and has apologized for a lot of things that he’s done being bipolar doesn’t help either as I know what depression is and I face it every day myself
mix Bipolar disorder and cocaine and you end up with a nightmare who can just snap like this..My ex was was like this and its very draining to be around.. I would not wish Bipolar disorder on anyone and I hope these two made up after this.. Just ordered the book as it sounds full of amazing stories
TIMECOP is my favorite Van Damme movie. This was awesome to see and hear after all these years.
First movie I was ever featured in! I was beside him in the time capsule, sending him off.
When I watched Timecop I had seen Steven Lambert fight Scenes with Jean Claude Damme. I think that it was awesome and intense. I respect Steven Lambert's work.
This was right in the middle of Van Damme’s cocaine years.
Whenever I see Street Fighter when the Guile Flying kick toward Bison comes I always remember he was on coke all the time and that maybe that was no special effect😜
Excuses, excuses 🥱😩
Timecop is actually pretty solid. The cinematography holds up surprisingly well too
You totally hit the nail on the head .
It's totally better than Looper😂😂😂
Haha its like looper but better... I love timecop!!!
I never was a biiiiig Van Damme fan, so i basically only saw TimeCop a couple of years ago for the first time. I was amazed at how well it aged and how big the production value was. I immediately bought the Blu-ray after that. Timecop and Sudden Death really grew on me.
For some odd reason what bothers me in Time Cop is Vam Dammes wife. I felt they had no chemistry at all
Hey, these heroes are people at the end of the day! They have their good days and their bad days. Have to get that book! Thanks for the heads-up! And wonderful story!
Great way to see things; sounds like a realistic point of view
Agreed, but imagine when everyone act according to their bad days.
@@trollgag5221 good point! Better to remain humble and keep the ol ego in check. Peace.
I worked on Timecop. Van Damme was a great guy. Hung out with extras, gave stunt guys parts and introduced them to producers, solid guy. I missed the bad shit.
Deathwarrent I really loved this movie as a 14 year old back in 1990.👌
Thanks comment cop 😂
old ass men!! lol
This Steven Lambert seems like a very nice man, comes across as honest.
I agree. Very believeable!
The face you make , when you listen to Mr Lambert 🤣👍
Yeah JCVD was screwing up at this point. He was taking his stardom for granted and was abusing substances. Acting not super professional. His career suffered as a result.
around the "cocaine era" wasn't it basically...
Definitely. And his ego soared to unimaginable heights. This is pretty much right around the time he ruined his career and basically got blacklisted from hollywood.
Yep
Yeah, it was also not far off the time where he refused a 3 picture deal where he was about to get paid $12 mil. for each, he said he wanted $20 for each of the 3 films like Jim Carrey, got blacklisted and never recovered from that.
Yeah he severely messed up his career at this point. Timecop should've been the beginning of the most successful chapter in his career. Instead it was all downhill after this.
Steven Lambert sounds like a stand up guy, and tough as well. About Jean Claude, being frustrated once he was rejected, and it's sad that he had a cocaine addiction. Wish Van Damme could talk about it today (Since he is clean, and more mature). Thanks for sharing your talk with Steven Lambert.
I am one of them who got huge respect for Jean Claud Van Damme's talent, skills and charisma. No matter how much others talk and question if he is a real fighter or not, the fact is that Nobody can do the most difficult fierce fight scenes with such mastery, accuracy and show bsilliant skills, so masterfully that he made all of them classic. That's why he became Van Damme and others were not able to come even close to him in the movie industry and if a man is not real professional fighter, no tutoring and jim excersices will help. They can hire all ballerons from the leading opera theatres in the world and train them, non of them will be able to do that. They also can hire all Karate kickboxing fighters and they will not be able to fight with such accuracy, speed and grace which makes JCVD's fights classic, how to say, the way I see it fierce fight carried out with aristocratic refinement. But after hearing Mr Steven Lambert, I kind of do not know what to say! Van Damme must be grateful that Steven Lambert did not sue him because what he did is very bad. Mr Lambert is a Colleague who trusted him to do his job with responsibility and suddenly he caused injury and bleeded the man when he did not ecpect at all. That is highly unprofessional. Mr Steven Lambert deserves big credit for not suing him. Hope he appreciates that, If Van Damme went later and apologize for what he did, that would have made him look a little better!
Yeah unfortunately he had the same behaviour on the set of Street Fighter. I am in the biggest JC fan and these where the last days of his success due to his cocaine addiction. He’s since recognised his mistakes and is a genuinely nice guy. Fame got to his head like it does so many, no one seems to mention Robert Downey Junior anymore but here we are. JCVD movies where to best as a kid and teenager I so miss those days.
IKR, I am big JC fan I grew up with the big three Arnold, Stallone and Jean Claude Vaddam and I am sad to hear this story because of the way Vaddam acted and I am speaking as a huge fan someone who has seen all his movies.
@@cainabel2009 Yeah same here.
I think I heard about this way back when I was a kid. I was on a road trip with my mom and a friend of hers. My mom knew how much of a Van Damme fan I was and I think she mentioned it to her friend(because he was making a new movie at the time) and my moms friend said something like *well it’s ok to like his movies but don’t go idolizing the man. They say he is a really bad person on set of those movies. They just said something about injuring someone one set. He really hit that man* . I completely forgot about that until I saw this video.
Seems like your mom's friend should mind her business.
@Darth Skeletroll 2.0 Nope. But that lady should mind her business.
@@KaiMax_23 Why? She's giving her opinion like you're giving yours. The woman was only saying what she heard. Nothing nosey about that.
Another great video, I have heard stories of Van Damme getting a little rough with stuntmen and costars all the way back to No Retreat No Surrender. When you hear stories about this type of thing it makes you respect stuntmen even more, they truly deserve their own category at the Oscars!
Would love to see a movie breakdown of Time Cop, it’s a good flick with some great action. Also Desert Heat; it’s one of his lesser known movies but it has a good story, and great performances from Danny Trejo, Pat Morita and Van Damme himself.
Problem with some of these stars is they get so big and so popular that their egos grow the same rate and same size. They don’t realize that they are their own downfall. As other more popular actor show up people like Van Damme just disappear. They’re not needed. Especially as their box office drawl starts to diminish. I think Van Damme Learned a very valuable lesson now. He seems to be more humble and a lot more grown-up.
I'd love to see you interview Al Leong and/or James Lew. Those guys were in everything. I bet they have great stories.
Wow. I've learned alot from listening to Steven Lambert. Just goes to show you, no matter how much you know, you can always learn more, you can always learn something new. Jean Claude Van Damme seems like a cool guy, liked by many, many actors and Martial Artists have said good things about the man, but there has to be some kind of unfortunate moment.😂None of us want to get on Vam Damme's bad side, that just doesn't seem like a good idea, if you want to lead a healthy lifestyle. Thanks, for interviewing this man. Respect to you and him, for taking the time to make this video.
TERRANCE OUT
Now this is the 'juicy' behind the scenes information fans crave. Great interview!!! Looking forward to more videos. My vote for next movie is Timecop
omg, I appreciate this guy stuntman, Steven telling this story. Thankyou.
Genuinely shocked that JCVD clocked him deliberately on Timecop. Great interview though 👍
Clocked him!?! Timecop!? I see what you did there : )
Why shocked? Do you think everyone's a perfect angel?🤦
@@scottsullivan7129 No I didn’t think JCVD would be unprofessional like that. That’s what heavy bags are for to release pent up frustration.
@@kungfuwitcher7621 Yes, but sometimes people don't think, when young, we all don't develop are thought process at time's etc., as even nice guys have bad days!!!!
@@scottsullivan7129 True. Over the years throughout training I know the temptation is there to clock someone who maybe going in a bit heavy, and I probably did myself at a long ago young age. Still though at least JVCD is a professional and with countless action scenes I guess just the once is better than a load of times. As you say when young decisions are sometimes reckless. Hell, even some never learn and still do it at a mature age.
The knife fight part in time cop is so funny. JCVD just holds the knife out and the bad guy just attacks it haha
Good sfx though! Lol
if you listen to Vann damme today, he speaks of his drug addiction and stupidity and regret of his past
"Lambert!" - Sam Fisher.
Timecop is easily one of my favorite JCVD action/Sci-Fi film along with Cyborg which reminds me of the Fist of the North Star Japanese anime from the 80's. Steven Lambert has tons of stories to share in his thick book judging the size of the book...lol...... I'll look into it. Keep up the solid video contents Viking Samurai and bring back Mr. Lambert again on future episodes.
Wouldn't mind Death Warrant as a young, fresh-out-of-college David Goyer wrote it, I think? That could be interesting as he went on to write Batman Begins. Also, Death Warrant is probably the closest we get to Van Damme horror pic. In my humble opinion!
I just rewatched Death Warrant recently after not seeing it for years and that's the same vibe I got. It was way darker than I remember.
Patrick Kilpatrick was well cast as the villain bringing that darker image with him as well I thought.
Cyborg was harder than death warrant
oh man death warrant xD ive seen em all
Wrong Bet was made after Death Warrant but was released before Death Warrant. Why Death Warrant is a decent movie , it doesn't hold a candle to Wrong Bet , which is why it was released first to try & boost sales for Death Warrant!
ah yes it's time for van damme stories !!
Another great video Viking thanks man your channel is great.💪👍
What a wonderful and hazardous story. I believe this woulda been around the time where Vandammes bad habits were getting to him.😨. Ego syndrome was kicking in overdrive. ..... Timecop was cool. Gotta see it again.
good video and great info on Timecop. i remember watching Timecop at the theaters twice back in 1994.
JCVD was definitely feeling himself when he was in his prime. But he has help up to be a classy, cool guy for real.
Stumbled onto this channel a day or two agao, absolutely love it. Keep up the great work man, I hope you get the recognition you deserve.
wow i dont know why this video showed up in my feed but i love these clips with the interview! i will try and find the book because this is what is interesting to read about!
Well yeah, he was nervous. On the set of Cyborg he took out a dude's eye, an active duty soldier no less, with a prop knife or sword. He knew he could get sued. Again.
I covered that story here th-cam.com/video/C2IUqDGimNI/w-d-xo.html
I really enjoy Your channel, so many amazing facts about my childhood heroes. I'm was so lucky to grow up in the 80s and 90s and watch all those great movies. They inspired me to start lifting weights, which i do to this day. Keep up the good work, I look forward for next videos. BTW just ordered Steve's book, such a great guy.
Another fantastic video.
Just gotta start off by saying thank you for inspiring me to change my life. I’m three days of no smoking and diet has been going for two weeks..I’m also exercising every day,walking at present (about 5/10 miles a day, every day) because of 37 years of smoking..in a couple of weeks I’ll start light jogging. Honestly, it’s you’re fitness videos and positive outlook that’s kicked me into gear before it’s too late. I’m 52 this year and I’ve found my passion for training again i thought was gone forever. Thx again
Great to hear, glad you're on this life-changing fitness journey!
@@VikingSamurai I needed to before it was too late. Thx again 🙏🙌
Time Cop was actually one of his best movies.
This is very interesting history about JCVD and whis background working whith another guys (specially stunt doubles). Basicalyy its the same tale about "Cyborg" whem Van Damme hurts one thouse stuntmen on the eye.
Van damme has hurt alot of people
I will hurt you.
RUMORS !
Time Cop vs Death Warrant. Thats tough! We have momentum for Timecop now after this story.
I’m interested in his background can’t wait for that segment of the interview
Great interview. In the future will you talk about Seagal's The Glimmer Man from 1996. In my opinion it's such an Underrated movie and there is not much trivia about the film, I love the fights in the movie and it's one of Seagal's best. Keep up the great work 💪
Ya, I'll cover that.
He's still one of my favorite martial artists & always will be😎👍
Yeah, there’s nothing like looking up to a guy who was being a Prima Donna on the set of ‘Predator’ and didn’t get along with the real men on set. Or being an absolute nightmare to work with in Street Fighter. Being a coke addict, cheating on his woman, being a huge reason why Street Fighter was poorly made etc. JCVD looks even worse when you know Raul Julia, had cancer and was having health problems, but he pushed through during the shooting of ‘Street Fighter’ to make his children happy. Even when JCVD was being a sh*tbag.
And also, who’s clearly shown being unable to control his emotions/anger and badly punching a coworker who was just doing his job.
Man, what a solid role model to look up to 👍🏻
This interview gets better and better, love hearing these stories from our favorite action heroes 😁. And thank God Lambert is a pro, imagine if that had happened to some stunt rookie. Van Damme acted like an idiot and Steven paid for Mr Silk underwear's frustration.
i have to argue 1 thing Van Damme would never wear silk underwear lol
I diffanaly got the punch line on that one.
Big surprise. Huge surprise.
Van damme is my favorite martial artist of all time but he is definitely very dangerous to work with in his movies. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard him injuring stunt men in his films.
Again... thanks for sharing. Such great stories. Also, Timecop breakdown. 👊
This was excellent. I can't top watching your shows on the stories behind these actions stars.
Time cop would be a good tie in with you doing the Steve Lambert interview
Well you were the bad guy there is that 😂
Jokes aside, you guys are amazing this series of videos is simply amazing. This is why internet is awesome.
Steven was awesome in Timecop. Great stories.
First off, great video again Viking.
Although I must say I'm watching it with mixed emotions. It's funny and sad at the same time. It's funny cause it's always great to learn some facts behind the screen. But it's sad because you also learn that some of people you admire or even idolize are not what you thought they would be. Of cource, it also depands on your own moral compass how you see some facts, but like I said, it's sad to see when actors you love seemed to lost their moral compass for some reason. And I love both Steven Seagal and JVCD.
Nevertheless, I'll keep watching your next video's, because I love the way you present it. Even though it leaves me with a bitter taste. Keep up the good work bro..👍💪
Rad stories, this is great, thanks guys!!
dam Viking your on fire!!!!!!!! i gotta find big time to watch those long as videos
I'm glad this showed up in my feed. Subscribed!!
The video of Van Dam kicking Cody Garbrandt in the face is pretty funny. And he was on a podcast recently where he essentially admits that his start in film was at the cost of sexual favor(s).
Could you link the podcast please
@@ghengiskhan9308 ill try. The quote is "but I can't tell that story. Its too strong"
He mentioned that a couple years ago on an interview that he was offered to do “things” when doing masseuse jobs
@@smallzino8783 I get the impression no one can be a lister without sexual compromise no matter how talented.
Was wondering if you had watched that tv show on Amazon called jean claude van Johnson? It stars jcvd. I just started watching it seems funny.
Ya, it's good, I wish Amazon greenlit Season 2.
I'm going to buy this guys book he seems like a chill dude 👍
This isn’t the first story I’ve heard about Van Damme acting this way. When Chuck Zito put him down I cheered because he had been getting rough with stunt people for years and Zito is a stunt guy.
Bruce used to test stunt guys u think chuck zito. Would do that to bruce lee keep dreamin buddy
So why didn't he kick vandamm Ass after the movie..since he insisted that vandamm can't really fight.
Great content and interviews! Big JC fan and this channel is a lot of fun. I like it’s got all opinions and views welcome. Thanks 🤙🏾
Just found your channel love it thank you
I ordered his book.He can thank you partially for making an extra 25 bucks Mr Samurai.
The book came today.It’s the size of a phone book.I could beat someone with it
There's a timecop snes game i never knew that
I've read similar tales of Van Damme being like that in set.
Great interview! I love to hear about the behind the scenes I love Van Damme but I also know his bipolar and possibly on cocaine for years sounds like Kanye West 🤣
Yeah.....I'm taking JCVD in that potential after "cut" fight.......Mr. Lambert seems like a nice guy...but let's be real here. Looking forward to hearing more. Interesting to hear different perspectives from people who were actual present.
Anyone explain why this guys videos have such a odd framerate issue??? 🤔
Love to see Death warrant, awesome work mate, 5 star!
👌 loving this talk
There was also an incident, jean-Claude Van Damme where a stunt man had lost his vision in one eye. I believe it was in that cyborg movie. Again I really appreciate your videos I enjoyed them immensely, stay on your grind and God bless you and your family.I am not really sure about the story if it’s true or not, so maybe you can do some investigating into it. Thank you again
Covered that Cyborg stuntman story here! th-cam.com/video/C2IUqDGimNI/w-d-xo.html
We getting a Quest vid . Thx Viking Samurai. I’m happy with either Time Cop or Death Warrant both are fantastic JVCD movies.
Here's The Quest video th-cam.com/video/oBB5k0AMs28/w-d-xo.html
@@VikingSamurai I’m there.👍
Van Damme did kick the crap out of Liam Hemsworth on The Expendables from a Interview with Liam himself. The scene where he kicks the knife in.
He also kicked ufc fighter Cody Garbrandt in the face in a sparring session lmao. And he notoriously kicked a guy in the face during Cyborg. And I highly doubt jcvd was scared of this guy lmao.
@@mjdub1013 He hurt a couple of people making Cyborg.
@@mjdub1013 He kicked Cody by accident but yeah I can't see Van Damme "shaking" over anyone let alone this dude.
@@williamwest7008 and cody....a professional fighter whined an cried about getting kicked.
@@mjdub1013 1. I was defending Van Damme. 2. Cody "whined" because he was watching a demonstration and got hook kicked in the teeth completely unprepared. Completely different scenario than fighting.
I follow Scott Adkins podcast on YT. Stories told by other action fighters, Steve Seagal ETC. I'm glad i found your channel. I love these stories. I make my own Van Style music and remixes, such as those from Bloodsport and Kickboxer. Maybe i could make you a nice Bloodsport style intro? Free of course.
That'd be great, I need to make a nice little intro, that music would be perfect! DM me on Instagram sometime at Realvikingsamurai or send an email realvikingsamurai@gmail.com
@@VikingSamurai That's great :) I'll do that. Have a listen to some of those i've posted. You might wanna use one of those.
Cool, I'll check those out a little later.
@@VikingSamurai Great :)
Great songs, love them! I'll share your page on my community post in the next couple of days, I'm sure a lot of my subscribers will love the songs too!
Steve Lamberts partner in Timecop died years ago to my knowledge. Kudos to Steve Lambert showing his professionalism and keeping his cool.
That sucks about his partner.
@@VikingSamurai Yes it does.
On Van Damme's reality show he kicked a stunt guy and broke his tooth on one of his direct to dvd movies
The film was Dragon Eyes
@@khurramfarooq9002 okay. I wasn't which one it was, but Van Damme did the same thing with Dolph Lundgren on Universal Soldier 1992. Apparently Dolph's agent approached Van Damme about making unnecessary contact during fight scenes.
@@rmjmoviereviews6876 That's right, but VD only kicked his hand. Here's Dolph telling the story at around 50:40: th-cam.com/video/_YtnGqbAKOc/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ScottAdkins
The show must go on.
Vandam try to take out on his security guard that was a hell angel got his ass knocked out lol
Viking Samurai, I either was not listening close if you said this in one of these videos but i didnt know Jean Claude Van Damme and Sho Kosugi did a movie together in 1988. I watched a while back and now recently and Kosugi's kids were in it too. I just didnt know he made a movie with Van Damme.
FYI- Your channel is cool to watch.
Captivating!
To be fair Van Damme was not a saint from around 1993 through 1997-98, his ego and addictions were in complete control of him
Where did you buy the Batman shirt from?
Interesting interview, Death Warrant great movie.
Van Johnson season 2?
My favorite movie.
What the hell is that set on your lap?
Ollie Patch.
I'm definitely getting that book. Just out of curiosity are you familiar with the epic fight between Busey and Gibson from LW? No beef that I know of and they themselves were not martial artists but four martial artists were brought in to choreograph the fight together. One from capoeira, a judo expert, one of the Gracie six years before ufc1, and a style I never heard of that has been described as prison krav maga which has boxing at its core but with clinch fighting such as knees and headbutts.
Whether or not you do a video as a student of the arts I think you'd have fun going back and watching that you can easily pick out when and where the techniques of these four unique styles get thrown in.
I definitely need to revisit that.
Timecop due to the variety of styles in fighting.
The Batman shrit Viking...Where/how do I get it?
Will you be doing an interview with *JCVD* stunt double *Todd Senofonte* ???
It'd be awesome, I'll look into it.
Interesting video. Quick question, do you think Van Damme's acting was better in his earlier movies or just that the movies were better?
The movies were better... I think Van Damme's acting has continued to improve.
@@VikingSamurai I think he's acting in Lionheart was excellent. No other actor could of done a better job.
Lamberts the real hero here
two hours ago i wrote a letter to Steven Lambert.Allbody know record JCVD,and i could find one gyu who fought against Van Damme.His mame is Sherman Bergman and he lost JCVD by knockout in 1979.In 1980 he lost other movie star Gary Daniels.And i asked Steven Lambert about this guy.Also i wrote Ron Balicki about story Seagall and Lebell.Ron did not see yet this interview with Steven Lambert.There is also a legend that Mike Tyson beat Chuck Norris in 1990.This story told Mikes bodyguard.
I heard about Tyson beating up Wesley Snipes in a bathroom. At a popular restaurant in NY back in the 90s. They had a confrontation about something Snipes said. Tyson approached him by himself in there. Snipes was trying to basically like Fat Joe told Roy Jones Jr. it was just a joke lol. But Iron Mike wasn't having it and clocked him cold.
@@dtill5322 first of all sorry for my translating from russia to Eanglish.In those years, Chuck Norris, who was looking for an actress for the film, decided to choose Mike Tyson's wife for the role.
Robin, Mike's wife, did not want to star in the film and Chuck received rejections in his address.
In the end, Robin agreed to discuss the film with Chuck when they met. She told her bodyguard "T" that he was very straightforward with her and she didn't like it.
After that, Mike, who found out about this situation, came to Chuck personally, but he was not at home.Then he invited him to his next fight, and finally meeting with him at the evening of the upcoming fight, with a handshake, pulled Chuck to himself, and hit him from the head, after the blow, Chuck fell and Mike announced that he did not approach his wife anymore. , or it won't be good for him.
Chuck was helped up by the same anonymous "Ti" who decided to share this story.
@@zverev85 oh man wow brother!? 😳😳😳 I don't doubt it about Mike Tyson lol. During that time he was not a guy to kid around with. Especially about Robin Givens or anything he'd take as a personal attack/insult lol.
This first time I heard about Chuck Norris receiving a blow from him haha. Not many guys in MMA now in their primes want to fight Tyson. I still remember seeing him play fight with Jon Jones. Then when he slapped Dana White in the chest on that private plane. The way he looked and got up and moved out the way lol. That was just a tap to him Dana said. He's got some heavy hands bro. For sure. Your English is good.👍 Thanks for sharing that.
@@dtill5322 i don't know was it true,but Mike is the gratest boxer.and i saw his fight with Jones.I think he won this fight.I want to see Tyson-Vladimir Klitchko
@@zverev85 yeah he definitely did. Jones definitely far past his former glory days. Has no more knees, reflexes and things that kept him safe. Tyson was holding back on him for sure. That would be an interesting exhibition between Tyson and Klitscko!!!
Right in the middle of his drug addiction... sad someone with his talent acts that way ...but From what I hear now he is cleaned up and has apologized for a lot of things that he’s done being bipolar doesn’t help either as I know what depression is and I face it every day myself
Oh yeah.. This guy was one of the sharp dressed assassins that got sent back in time...
These stars 🌟 are full of themselves.
Considering who Van Damme seems to be these days. I feel a genuine apology is in order
mix Bipolar disorder and cocaine and you end up with a nightmare who can just snap like this..My ex was was like this and its very draining to be around.. I would not wish Bipolar disorder on anyone and I hope these two made up after this..
Just ordered the book as it sounds full of amazing stories
Was Time Cop the last time we saw Van Damme do the splits?
No, 2015s Pound of Flesh.
@@VikingSamurai hmm, was that really the splits though?
@@theflyingninja1 Ya, that scene when that cars driving away and it pulls him into the splits, pretty epic! And let's not forget his Volvo commercial.
Did you shave that cat with your samurai sword? 😂
That's funny, but no, he's born like that lol
I like both Time Cop but could you do Death Warrent Please.
I talked about it hear comparing it to the new one with Michael Jai White th-cam.com/video/1KZOKSCAHpE/w-d-xo.html
Goose, give me bump.
-JCVD