Mirko Cro Cop to meet his idol... Van Damme!

[BigBanda]

Some of you may be aware that CroCop's boyhood idol was VanDamme and they are friends to date. Here is a clip I found in another forum from a Croation newspaper that goes in detail about Cro Cop and Van Damme...

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Here is article from croatian newspapers.
It says that famous Belgian actor Jean-Claude van Damme recently found out that Mirko Filipoviæ was inspired as a teenager by his movies. After watching Blood Sport, Mirko started training martial arts. So Van Damme decided to give him a phone call.
When Crocop received phone call from Van Damme, he thought someone is making fun of him They spoke for almost an hour, and after Crocop was convinced that it is actually Van Damme, he called Van Damme to visit him in his house in Zagreb. Van Damme was very pleased and he accepted the offer Van Damme is shooting a movie in Bulgaria at the moment, and he will come to Zagreb on 21st or 22nd of March. He will stay in Mirko's house for 7 days, and during that time he will train in his gym and visit Mirko's house in village Privlaka, where Mirko lived as a boy.

Maybe Van Damme will learn some new moves I have a feeling that this could end with Mirko acting in movie again (I hope not, I'm not fan of Crocop movies )
I hope that this won't affect Mirko's preparations for fight with Gonzaga, we don't want another "Randleman incident"

Van Damme says that he watches MMA, but he heard about Mirko from his father, who watched one of Pride shows, and before Mirko's fight there was a short movie about Mirko. After watching it, Van Damme's father told him: "there is one great fighter who wears checkered shorts and as a teenager had your poster in his room". Van Damme says that he felt satisfaction in fact that one Pride champion found inspiration in his movies for all that Spartan work. So he decided to call Mirko.
Van Damme says that he wants to make a movie about mixed martial arts, and that Crocop would have a role in this movie. Besides Crocop, Van Damme wants Jerome Le Banner, Fedor and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in that movie. Van Damme says that this movie would be for mixed martial arts what "Raging Bull" (with Robert De Niro) was for boxing.
In rest of the interview, Van Damme says that he trains more now, cause he doesn't want to embarass himself in front of Crocop. He is also joking that he plans to stay for 7 days at Crocop's home, but there is possibility that it will last shorter, if he doesn't meet Crocop's expectations

They ask him about Sylvester Stallone, and he compares their relationship to Crocop and Fedor. He says they are rivals, so they can't be friends. But he also says that he hopes Crocop and Fedor will become friends, if they agree to shoot a movie together.

[christov17]

That's very interesting.. even big bad Crocop has heroes... How old is Van Damme now though?

[KENO5366]

Thats interesting, Crocop reveals himself as a human more and more every day. Maybe he's not a piece of iron after all.

[BigBanda]

Van Damm is 46.

I just find it hilarious he had a poster of frickin Van Damme on his wall lol. Wonder if this idea of a movie for MMA will go through or not. I do not think ppl want to see Van Damme kicking ass anymore though.

[Supe]

Originally Posted by BigBanda

Van Damm is 46.

I just find it hilarious he had a poster of frickin Van Damme on his wall lol. Wonder if this idea of a movie for MMA will go through or not. I do not think ppl want to see Van Damme kicking ass anymore though.

Speak for yourself

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[Dork8503]

i think its cool that mirko likes van damme i like the dudes movies,

[Bran]

Bloodsport was like the birth of MMA for me. van damme, though cheesy now, has made some solid movies. i was watching double impact the other day and thought it was hilarious that even though one brother grew up in france and the other in hong kong, they both have the same belgian accent. no one else could pull that off.

[Bullock]

Cro Cop never met Vand Damme...


Where's the proof????

[strife]

I'm pretty sure this isn't just a dream for CroCop....I think everyone agrees that Van Damme is the best thing to ever happen to action cinema and is idolized by all.

[valheruking]

Bloodsport, the quest and kickboxer were entertaining movies.
Nobody should insult Van Damme, he's got 2 badass friends