Adkins Talks Hard Target 2 (2016)

Since we revealed that Scott Adkins is the lead in Hard Target 2 (joining Robert Knepper in the John Woo produced movie), Adkins has recently spoken about the movie and Jean Claude Van Damme to ImpactOnline, one of the oldest action magazines ever, having been around in print magazine since the 1980s.

“Yes, right now I am I Thailand shooting Hard Target 2. I guess I am continuing to walk the path previously walked by Jean-Claude (laughing) It’s just a coincidence I promise you, but yes, I do keep getting involved with projects that are sequels to his earlier work or I am co-starring with him! I think he must be completely sick of hearing my name or seeing my face attached to projects related to him Sorry!”

“I am very excited about this project and I do think I am completely suited to this role. When I read the script – and this isn’t supposed to sound egotistical –  I did find myself thinking, ‘Well if they don’t get me for this, who else could they get?‘ It makes perfect sense, the guy is anMMA fighter that gets drawn into the most dangerous game where man is the prey… Roel Reine (Death Race prequels, The Man with Iron Fists 2) is the director and he really knows how to shoot action and get the best look and epic production value for his movies. There are moments that pay homage to the original Hard Target and we are doing everything we can to deliver a worthy sequel… and a hell of an action film in its own right.”

As well as the concept of the story, there are other connections to the original….

“The sequel is being produced by John Woo himself, and you know… I’m a HUGE fan of the original Hard Target. That movie came out in ’93 when I was in the depths of my obsession with Jean-Claude Van Damme, I had so many posters for all his films up on my wall back then. And I was then – and still am – a huge John Woo fan too… I still remember seeing Hard Target for the first time. I won a competition and got to go to an early screening before it was officially released and little did I know that when I was watching Jean-Claude punch out a snake, that 20-something years later I would be starring in the sequel….”

Thanks to: Sergei