Steven Seagal (“Under Siege”, “Hard To Kill”) and Jean-Claude Van Damme (“Universal Soldier”, “Sudden Death”) were arguably the two biggest martial arts action stars of the 90s. While many of their films were bashed by critics, they managed to make a lot of money and the two are still widely remembered to this day.
The two have never appeared in a film together and their relationship has been somewhat frosty with Seagal dismissing Van Damme’s kickboxing credentials. Van Damme is not the only martial arts star to have their fighting skills dismissed by Seagal as Michael Jai White (“Black Dynamite”) was also mocked by Seagal in an interview. Van Damme has been far more complimentary about Seagal and called for him to be cast in “The Expendables 3”.
Apparently, the two nearly got into a fistfight at Sylvester Stallone’s house. Something that would surely have been every action movie fan’s dream. If they do ever decide to work together for a film, I think many martial arts fans would be thrilled to see the two finally square off after the years of feuding.