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Kristanna Loken (left) shares a second with Jean-Claude Van Damme within the new action-thriller Darkness of Man.
Within the action-thriller Darkness of Man, actress Kristanna Loken (The L Phrase) stars as Claire, the girlfriend of Russell Hatch, an Interpol agent performed by motion star Jean-Claude Van Damme (Bloodsport). As a personality, Claire serves as a assist system for Russell who’s battling his darkish previous and attempting to avoid wasting a younger man from gangsters in Los Angeles.
Throughout a current interview with the Present, Loken, 44, talked about her expertise working with Van Damme and whether or not motion films like Terminator 3 might be in her future once more.
Darkness of Man is at present streaming on VOD platforms.
Whenever you consider Jean-Claude Van Damme as an motion star within the Nineteen Eighties, you already know what you’re getting. How is Darkness of Man completely different?
We see a softer facet of Van Damme than we usually do. We have solely seen that facet of him earlier than in [the 2008 crime-drama] JCVD, which is my private favourite movie of his. Working with him as an actor, he has fantastic depth. That was actually heartwarming. My character Claire definitely aids him within the susceptible side of his journey within the movie. She is admittedly nursing him again to well being in an emotional and bodily manner.
A false impression about Van Damme is that he is simply an motion star. However I agree with you about JCVD. He’s at one other stage in that movie.
For certain. He can actually convey it. I feel folks might be happy. For me, it is essential to really feel for the characters [and] really feel for the journey it doesn’t matter what — even in motion movies. We need to be swept away with characters [and] really relate to them not directly. All of us have flaws. These characters are flawed. They are not excellent.
What’s he like as an performing associate?
I feel the fantastic thing about him is that he permits himself to be seen on a deeper facet, which is admittedly compelling for me as an actress. I feel we had been capable of join on that stage and actually promote that side of our story. That was a terrific facet of him. I used to be very happy that he allowed it to be proven.
Did the truth that each of you’ve gotten performed cyborgs earlier than — you in Terminator 3 and him in Cyborg – ever come up?
(Laughs.) You realize what — that is humorous. No, it did not. We missed that one. However that will have been a terrific speaking level!
Within the movie, you discuss to a cat. Is that one thing you actually do together with your pets?
I am a canine particular person. I do not at present have a canine, however I’ve had many in my life. They’ve definitely been there for me. You’ll be able to’t actually practice cats. You by no means know what you are going to get working with animals. It may be difficult. The cat [in the movie], we could not actually get it to do what we wished. We had been attempting, [and] lastly, on the finish, we received it. Then, I noticed the cat peed on me. It was like, “Properly, we received the scene. Now, I’ll go bathe off.”
We’ve seen you in much more motion scenes earlier in your profession. Is that one thing you’d prefer to get again to?
Yeah, for certain. I used to be simply pondering that I’d love to do one other motion movie. There is definitely extra motion developing for me. I do have three different movies popping out later this 12 months. One is named Vice & Advantage that my firm Trio Leisure produced. One is named Darkish Evening of the Soul. It’s a survival movie sort of like 127 Hours. Then, I’ve a movie referred to as No Deal with, which underscores the homeless disaster that we’re having in America proper now.
Shannen Doherty has a cameo in Darkness of Man. You don’t have any scenes along with her, however with all of the issues which might be happening in her private life, is she somebody that evokes you as an actress?
Anyone who’s going by way of tough well being points, to actually discuss it in public and be inspirational for others, is admittedly empowering. So, I actually give her a variety of credit score. She’s working and doing it.
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