Jean Claude Van Damme random trivia

Was the original choice to play the title character in Predator (1987). Under mounds of make-up, he was going to play the title alien villain in "Predator," having even been on set for the shoot, but was replaced by Kevin Peter Hall (who, incidentally, was a foot and a half taller than Van Damme) when director John McTiernan and producer Joel Silver decided to go in a different direction. Likes classical music and his favorite composer is Beethoven.