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Actors As Themselves, Sort Of
t takes a special brand of self-awareness and sense of humor to play yourself in a film.
In “JCVD,” faded action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a sadder-sack version of himself who returns to Brussels after losing his daughter in a bitter custody battle, hoping to regroup but unlucky enough to get caught in a botched bank robbery. It takes a special brand of self-awareness and sense of humor to play yourself in a film (we’re not just talking novelty cameos) — on this week’s IFC News podcast, we look at other examples, from self-mythologizing hip-hop artists to self-depreciating art house stars.
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Tags: Bruce Campbell, JCVD, Jean-Claude Van Damme, My Name is Bruce
