Photo Credit: FelicitariPoor Sarah Ball. The 22-year-old Newsweek reporter was dispatched to Thailand to interview Jean-Claude Van Damme about his new movie, "JCVD," which is about...well...himself.
Next thing she knows, she's face to face with the "Muscles from Brussels" and he got super-creepy, super-quickly. (By the way, Herr Van Damme is on Wifey No. 5. No coincidence, I'm sure.).
Below is the transcript of the interview.
There's a monologue in the film about being a washed-up action star. Did you improvise that?
I like structure—like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car, go in right, you'll see a big church, stop and take a left, and you'll have it. By doing this I'm giving a structure of life, a path of light, and showing what happens between me and me, which is something very beautiful.
Beautiful? Why?
I really opened myself up in "JCVD." I peeled back the skin of the fruit, cut the pulp and then took that very hard seed. In this film I cut that hard seed, and inside that seed was a kind of liquid cream substance of the man I am, or the woman you are.
OK —
It was like being naked—I would love to be naked in front of you.
Well, I —
Not being naked being naked. I say such things in Hong Kong and they thought I was being a crazy Frenchman. Being naked of protection.
So you've no regrets at all?
Believe me—I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff. So are you in New York?
Yes, I am.
And are you 27, or 32?
I'm 22.
Oh, f–––. That is very young. Will you come to the premiere?
I don't know. When is it?
I don't know. You will wear all black, a black dress and high heels?
Uh —
You can come find me, I will be the one with the very broad shoulders, dark hair and a simple suit. We can have some champagne, you and me.
