A clip of actors Jean-Claude van Damme and Dolph Lundgren has resurfaced within the wake of the Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscars drama. On the 94th Academy Awards, Smith took to the stage to present Rock a slap after the presenter made a ‘GI Jane 2’ joke about spouse Jada Pinkett Smith.
The altercation grew to become essentially the most talked about second of this years Oscars, with many viewers left confused over whether or not the meat was actual or a skit, with American comic Kevin T Porter having even taken credit score for the joke.
Nonetheless, editor of Empire journal Nick de Semlyen has since in contrast the incident to a clip from the 1992 Cannes Movie Competition the place Bloodsport’s van Damme and Creed II’s Lundgren began beefing simply outdoors the pageant corridor.
Nonetheless, issues quickly seem to show heated, and the pair – who’re surrounded by photographers – every handle to get a shove in earlier than being interrupted by safety who subtle the scenario by placing themselves between the 2 males.
Lundgren and van Damme’s obvious present of bad-feelings was later revealed as having been faux. As per Display Rant, it’s reported that it was van Damme’s suggestion to stage the faux feud in a bid to pump up the publicity for Common Soldier which was simply months away from launch.
Within the movie, van Damme portrays the hero and Lundgren performs the villain. Van Damme defined that he was impressed by a second from the pageant the yr earlier than the place Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger stirred up a storm after they had been caught on digicam dancing collectively.
Whereas de Semlyen posted that the faux combat between Lundgren and van Damme reminded him of the latest incident on the Oscars, a physique language skilled has acknowledged that the Smith’s slap of Rock wasn’t staged.
Some conspiracy theorists have steered that Rock was sporting a cheek pad in preparation for the slap, and others have mentioned it’s a hoax as a result of ‘Will Smith is definitely lifeless’, however Smith’s public apology to each the Academy and Rock appears to show in any other case.
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