“We’re going to distribute movies over the phone”: In 2001, Jean-Claude Van Damme announced Laughter Streaming.

We are going to distribute movies over the phone, this will be the first time. These words, which are evident today, are the words of Jean-Claude Van Damme. June 16, 2001, on the set of the show Everyone is talking about itFaced with Thierry Ardison and Laurent Buffy, the man who calls himself “Muscle from Brussels” announces that he is working on a new method of digital distribution of films, towards an unbelievable and mocking look.

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“I will try to enter the media world through the Internet. We’re going to announce the film on the Internet, from each country, then we’ll go online, and then we’ll do the aerials.”explained JCVD ​​in front of the table, who didn’t seem to take it seriously, as you can see in the video above.

“We’ll be able to reach 250 million viewers. That’s something good for a quality movie for $1.99. So all over the world, people who don’t have money, press a button, don’t pay. Wait 40 hours to download it…(…) can’t I’m taking a satellite, it costs a lot of money, it costs millions of dollars. So we found a system, thanks to the Internet.”

If he was arguably too “ahead” of his project and didn’t make his fortune in streaming, Jean-Claude Van Damme (do you know where his name comes from?) has since distinguished himself in The Last Mercenary on Netflix or the parody series Jean-Claude Van Johnson on Prime on Video.

He is currently at the center of an ARTE documentary called Coup pour Coup, which in less than an hour recalls the highlights of his career and some amazing anecdotes, such as his very successful impersonation or survival of Stallone and Schwarzenegger. Thanks to his intervention in the editing room of the film Bloodsport.