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Universal Soldier was his first true mainstream project, and director Roland Emmerich hadn’t even heard of him when the casting process began.
Nick de Semlyen • The Last Action Heroes
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Santos, dark-haired and so striking-looking one website referred to him as “the brains (and beauty)” behind the operation, was the CEO. Nathan, who had a shaved head, sometimes with a beard, was the chairman. They started the company with $400.
Courtney Rubin • How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight
friend’s uncle had just been elected
Griffin Dunne • The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
1991’s Double Impact. Inspired by a 1941 Douglas Fairbanks movie called The Corsican Brothers, which was in turn based on an 1844 novella by Alexandre Dumas, it cast Van Damme as a pair of twin brothers, playboy Chad and gangster Alex, who are seeking revenge for the murder of their parents.
Nick de Semlyen • The Last Action Heroes

I spent almost everything I had saved up from Greg the Bunny and just threw it into the distribution of Prince of Broadway . It kinda bombed, but it got my name out there, which—looking back—was extremely valuable.
Charlie Sextro • Filmmaker Sean Baker on not giving up – The Creative Independent
- No Monologues