Jean-Claude Van Damme in costume on the set of Predator before he left the production and the creature was redesigned and Kevin Peter Hall ended up playing the iconic alien (as well as the helicopter pilot at the end of the film). 1987
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It worked out so much better with KPH because of his height and size. He was able to drawf Arnold with that suit on. JCVD would not have been able to make the same effect.
RIP to Kevin Hall too. He died of AIDS.
Well TIL
We would have gotten a lot of predator doing the splits.
Predator doing high kick woulda hit differently
(as well as the ~~helicopter~~ choppa pilot at the end of the film)
Wasted opportunity to not have JVCD do the predator.
Just think of all those triple kicks.