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Old 04-06-2011, 03:33 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Interesting bit of news here about Jean Claude Van Damme being blacklisted because he wanted to make as much money per movie as the stupid, unfunny Jim Carrey. Shame if this is true. Hollywood sure does suck in its support of a selective few for top billing and top money.

Van Damme: Hollywood blacklisted me - MSN Movies News
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Old 04-06-2011, 04:12 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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Interesting bit of news here about Jean Claude Van Damme being blacklisted because he wanted to make as much money per movie as the stupid, unfunny Jim Carrey. Shame if this is true. Hollywood sure does suck in its support of a selective few for top billing and top money.

Van Damme: Hollywood blacklisted me - MSN Movies News
Let's hear it for blacklisting......

http://www.the-numbers.com/people/JCVAN.php Van damme -- box office gross 728 million

http://www.the-numbers.com/people/JCARR.php Jim Carrey -- Box office gross over 4.5 billion

It ain't personal, it's business. If he was pulling in the same bucks, they would have no problem paying him. Remember, Hollywood ain't a non-profit organization.
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Old 04-06-2011, 04:15 PM
 
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Hmmm, haven't seen him in a while
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Old 04-06-2011, 04:16 PM
 
Location: right here
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I liked Van Damme-yes his movies were B but I liked Timecop...

When is Charlie Sheen getting blacklisted?
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Old 04-06-2011, 04:18 PM
 
Location: La lune et les étoiles
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It was probably the massive, overblown ego that did it.
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Old 04-06-2011, 07:08 PM
 
Location: SE Michigan
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I received a huge offer for a three-picture deal and it was 12 million dollars per picture. That's 36 million dollars. I was wasted. I said, 'I want 20 million like Jim Carrey' and they hung up on me. I was not myself. I was completely f---ed up and I made a bad mistake and I was on the blacklist in Hollywood for years."

Um, yeah that will make you unpopular for sure.
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Old 04-07-2011, 11:52 AM
 
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It is unfair. Van Damme's acting is just as funny and laughable as Jim Carrey
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Old 04-08-2011, 10:20 AM
 
Location: Nassau/Queens border
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Van Damme was a super hot action star in his day. His movies were enjoyable for what they were. I even think he wasn't a very bad actor. But he's made some bad decisions in his real life and after his regretable comments, it's really no wonder he was 'blacklisted'. Movie making is an expensive business. Studios, Producers & Directors have too much at stake to risk taking chances on stars with severe personal issues (i.e. Lindsey Lohan). And to all the Jim Carrey haters I say - he is an extremely underrated actor. Anyone who's seen his dramatic work would have to admit what an amazing job he did in 'Truman Show' and 'Man on the Moon'. Sad that most people only acknowledge him as someone who plays goofy characters. He's so much more than that and I hope I get to see him some day finally win a much deserved award.
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Old 04-08-2011, 02:10 PM
 
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Hey he got to boink Jenny McCarthy for a few years, I say that's better than any award
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Old 04-08-2011, 03:34 PM
 
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Van Damme sucks at acting and all of this movies sucked. Not worth considering them B movies.
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