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Article: Van Damme Gets a Kick Out of Movies Van Damme's Acting Is Action-Packed
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 19, 1993
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Ask Jean-Claude Van Damme about his nickname - The Muscles from
Brussels - and the 32-year-old ex-middleweight champ of the European
Professional Karate Association will laugh.
"I made that up. It seems American audiences need something to
identify with. So I invented that name for myself."
But the moniker is not far off the mark. At 5 feet 10 inches
and 185 pounds, his body is finely sculpted. And his handsome
Flemish features add to his box-office appeal.
In his starring role in "Hard Target," scheduled to be released
nationwide this Friday, Van Damme sports a downtrodden look - long
hair, unshaven face, long duster coat reminiscent of "The Long
Riders" (1980) and well-worn boots.
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