Does anyone care about age anymore?
Testosterone levels [and sperm count] has dropped a staggering 50% in the past 50 years.
It seems to me like we are not even the same human being anymore. Not I the industrialized world, at least.
Charles Bronson started the geriatric action hero genre with the first Dearh Wish, in 1974. I think he was 53 that year.
That series lasted until Death Wish V in 1994, which was the only one I don't watch. Bronson was over 70 then.
Now we have Liam Neeson as our modern geriatric action star, and Arnold was still making a movies at least as old as 65 or more.
Sometimes this theme gets made fun of - like Stallone in Grudge Match, which came out when he is was 67.
So yeah, I think it could be done.
Van Damme has just recently turned 61, right? Stallone was 58-59 when Rocky Balboa was filmed.
I think it could be done...but would it be better to have him in the lead, as a secondary or background character, or just behind the scenes?
I think Van Damme could still do a lot of the work that taxes his physicality, even at his age. He was in a short-lived Amazon Prime series, and was able to still do stunts.
