Found an interview with
Jean-Claude Van Damme and
The Onion's AV Club, including some potential spoilers about
JCVD. "All my films were okay, because
they were a different type of experience of going from one direction to another
one. One thing that's difficult, I'm lucky, because I started action movies at
the age of 25. Now I'm 47, and I'm still kicking like a mule, and I'm as
flexible as before. And I'm very lucky for those companies, and for me to still
be making those types of movies. Very international. Everybody understands a
slap in the face. In Japan, Belgium, or America, a punch is a punch. Comedy
will be different in Europe or America or Japan, so my movies are very
international. And I'm not a movie star. I'm a brand name. Van Damme is like
Levi's. I go on vacation, and everywhere I go, people love me for my name, not
for my movies."
More
here.