Bloody Elbow's Stephanie Daniels secured an interview with martial arts/action movie legend, Jean-Claude Van Damme who gives his thoughts on the emotional strain of having his star 'fade away,' as well as juggling multiple projects at once.
I've interviewed a lot of combat sports athletes over the last 10 years, and during the course of those many, many interviews, a common thread began to materialize. Most of these athletes decided to take up fighting for a living after seeing a martial arts movie of some sort. The most mentioned film across the board was Bloodsport, and by a very wide margin.