Jean-Claude Van Damme's $60M Mistake

After Jean-Claude Van Damme’s biggest hit, Timecop, in 1994, the studio offered him a three-picture deal at $12 million per film. He turned it down and demanded $20 million per movie to match Jim Carrey’s pay, so the deal was rejected and his career never recovered its momentum. Van Damme later admitted he “acted like an idiot” in those negotiations.

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