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Van Damme lands in Phuket

PHUKET: Keep your eyes peeled for the next week or two as the muscles from Brussels, Jean Claude Van Damme, is in Phuket and is likely to prove a ‘hard target’ to keep track of.


By Jody Houton

Wednesday 5 December 2012 05:19 PM


Van Damme with a waitress from Joe's Downstairs

Van Damme with a waitress from Joe's Downstairs

The martial arts superstar kicked off his holiday on December 2 and was seen on a late night flight from Bangkok onto the island wearing a baseball cap pulled over his face and with dark sunglasses on.

A few days later, he was spotted at Joe's Downstairs restaurant in Kalim, a spot where according to Executive Assistant Manager and Director of the Baan Rim Pa Group, Sue Ultmann, he’s been more than just a few times.

“We normally have a policy where we don’t take photos of celebrities and famous people if they come, but actually JCVD usually initiates them [photo opportunities] and always poses for lots of photos with staff.

“Actually a few weeks after the last time he was here, in 2011, we received a letter full of photo prints of him with staff.”