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Van Damm and Seagal?

posted 11 years ago by jrtomasso
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Now I was born in the early 80's and have grown up with these guys and like them both (though I lean towards Van Damm, who is slightly less pretentious and had a better acting ability than Seagal). The two men had both made it huge during the same exact time frame, which I think is really something especially considering they were both real martial artists and had completely different looks, style, background, and fighting styles. But now when I look back, I'm surprised that Hollywood, say by the mid 90's, never got the two in a picture together, especially one that pitted them against each other! What a box office draw that would have been!

How come this never happened? I mean, I'm beginning to hear that Seagal really did not like Van Damm; is this true? And if so, did that have anything to do with it?

[–] darthsparhawk 9 years ago

could be true

[–] Poozer91 (631) 4 years ago

While all this is true, I think I have a few answers or explanations.

1) They were rivals who both had hits and made it at the same time and staring in a movie together would break that rivalry (look how long it took to get Stallone and Schwarzenegger in a movie together).

2) Both hated each other and most likely did not want to be anywhere close to the other.

3) Each had massive egos. I guarantee if a movie was to secure both actors it would never get made because each actor would try to outshine the other and would refused to be defeated by the other.

[–] Drooch (5333) 4 years ago

Who would win?

Not in a fight, but a 69er in which the first to cum dies?