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2. Jean Claude Van Damme Was Convinced Predator Would Be An Intergalactic Kickboxer
Although it's difficult to believe, Predator came close to packing even more biceps and testosterone than its final cut managed.
Muscles from Brussels Jean Claude Van Damme was originally cast as the eponymous alien game hunter, but he couldn't get his head around the kind of bloodsport producer Joel Silver was after.
If you believe the Hollywood urban legends, Van Damme was obsessed with the idea of the Predator as some kind of intergalactic kickboxing expert and wouldn't let the idea drop, as nuanced as it sounds.
The late Kevin Peter Hall would replace Van Damme in the role of the Predator, but the master kickboxer got to perform his martial arts alongside Arnie in The Expendables 2 many years later.