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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jean Claude van Damme is back, feet first

Jean Claude van Damme
Jean Claude van Damme: does he realise that's a snake?

Stand back – it's double the Van Damage. Jean Claude van Damme, cheesy 1980s action star par excellence, is set to appear an ITV fly-on-the-wall show, reports the Sun. The Muscles from Brussels, the star of deeply plotted foot-and-fist-fests including Double Impact, Blood Sport and Universal Soldier, is to make a comeback, at 49, to the ring in October. And ITV will film his preparation (isn't Alex Reid doing a similar fight-build-up doco on VMTV?) with "discussions" ongoing about which other Van Damme family members will appear. Someone must have really, really loved Sylvester Stallone's last Rocky film.

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