15 Actors Who Were FIRED From Movies During Production

When Jean-Claude Van Damme won the role of the titular monster in Predator, he thought it would be a perfect opportunity to showcase his martial arts skills in a Hollywood movie. Only when he saw the alien costume did the Muscles from Brussels realise he was basically playing a stuntman.

But it gets worse. Although the filmmakers wanted the Predator to be athletic and nimble, Van Damme found the outfit too restrictive to perform any martial arts moves. It also didn't help that the costume Van Damme had to wear looked nothing like the finished product- with Arnold Schwarzenegger stating the suit looked like a duck.

The official reason why JCVD was chucked out of the production was because he was too short, but it's possible his attitude was a bigger concern. When he was given the boot, he was replaced with 7' 2" Kevin Peter Hall in a vastly superior costume, creating one of the most iconic monsters in cinematic history.