Last week Jean-Claude Van Damme was talking about Universal Soldier III. Van Damme had said that he would only be filming for 10 days. And also that Dolph Lundgren may not be back, as the studio thought it didn't have value.
Dolph Lundgren has been speaking to MTV, and he says he has had discussions about starring in the film. It is him that is reluctant, and he puts that down to the script.
Absolutely untrue. I’ve met with the producers many times, and I AM the one resisting. I want it to be a good picture, and I’m working with the producers on the materials and trying to work it out. The truth is it’s still a script and I think it needs some work.
Neither me nor Jean-Claude were carrying the picture and I didn’t agree with that. I think we have to be in the film more to give the audience what they want. You want some young guys in there too and you want a good story, but at the same time you want to use some of that old story element as well so that it does connect back. If [Van Damme and I] were to end up on screen together there’d be a large, built-in audience and we want to take advantage of that, to get what the audience came for, what they paid for.
’Universal Soldier’ is a great franchise, a great trademark, and I think it should be done very well and not rushed. I’m not begging for anything. I wrote and directed the last two movies I did so I’m a little bit concerned about the material. What I’m doing is I want it to be a better film, a more intriguing storyline and not something you’ve seen before.
[My character and Van Damme’s character] were team members and enemies, I think that’s a good way to go. I think that’s one of the strengths of the story. Plus my character tends to turn, so I mean that’s something that can be used in several ways and that’s what we are working on right now. I think if all parties want to do something together then usually there’s a way to work it out. If you make a shortcut on the script then you pay the price later.I guess we’ll see how it goes.
Are you looing forward to another Universal Soldier movie? Do you want to see JCVD and Dolph back from the dead again?
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