The best candidate for a cameo in Jean-Claude Van Damme’s final action movie is his original villain, Bolo Yeung. Over the years, the Muscles from Brussels has been paired against an impressive list of opponents, many of which being talented martial arts and fellow action movie icons. His long career lends his film with plenty of choices regarding cameos and villain roles.
It’s been Dolph Lundgren, who fought him in Universal Soldier.
While there are quite a few exciting possibilities for What’s My Name?, arguably the best option for a cameo is none other than Bolo Yeung, who played Chong Li in Bloodsport. The 1988 martial arts classic has a reputation as JCVD’s first starring role and the movie that made him a star. In the movie, Van Damme’s Frank Dux was pushed to his limit in an underground fighting arena where his biggest obstacle was the ruthless and bloodthirsty Chong Li. Best ed for his muscular physique, murderous stare, and brutal martial arts moves, Chong Li was more than a match for Van Damme’s character. Yeung also helped deliver one of the most popular fight scenes ever in an American martial arts movie, which was Bloodsport’s final showdown between Frank Dux and Chong Li.
Van Damme has already voiced his intention to pay homage to Bloodsport in What’s My Name?, which increases the possibility of Yeung reuniting with the actor on the big screen for the first time since 1991, when Double Impact was released. Double Impact was the second (and last) movie that Van Damme and Yeung made together. Though not the main villain this time, Yeung had a rematch with Van Damme as the 1991 film’s secondary antagonist.
A cameo from Yeung would be a major addition to the film, regardless of the actor’s connection to Van Damme’s legacy. Known as the Chinese Hercules, the actor has played villains in dozens of kung fu movies, three of which are landmark entries in the martial arts genre. One of them is, of course, Bloodsport, while the other two are Enter the Dragon (where he fought Bruce Lee) and Five Fingers of Death, the first kung fu movie to become an international hit. All things considered, Yeung is a martial arts icon in his own right and one certainly deserving of a cameo in What’s My Name? And while the 75-year-old actor hasn’t been in a movie since 2015, he hasn’t officially retired, so a reunion with Jean-Claude Van Damme is on the table.
