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albatross1873 t1_jdxbj8z wrote

Reply to comment by IBelieveVeryLittle in Jean-Claude Van Damme on the set of PREDATOR (1987), in the original Predator suit design before he was unceremoniously canned and replaced by the late Kevin Peter Hall by vexedwaffle

That was why he was canned. He couldn’t imagine not being the central part of the film.

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Biaminh t1_jdyqqu1 wrote

I mean the name of the movie is 'PREDATOR', not 'Dutch'..

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Eikfo t1_jdzxvbb wrote

> Van Damme

Belgian, not Dutch

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Biaminh t1_jdzzuty wrote

Schwarzenegger's character is named Dutch.

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Eikfo t1_je02r8p wrote

Schwarzi? I'm pretty sure he's Austrian not Dutch. (Thanks for the clarification though).

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yesmrbevilaqua t1_je09l5r wrote

It’s like the Pennsylvania Dutch, it’s the anglicized transliteration of the German word for for German “Deutsch” it was a name used to refer to German immigrants by Americans

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