He’s the martial arts pin-up from the 1990s who nearly lost it all to cocaine. Now, Jean-Claude Van Damme is back with his whisky brand, a project in the works, and some startling fitness advice for IRAM RAMZAN.

Monica (Courteney Cox) spots a well-known individual on a New York street in an episode from Friends’ first season.

“Oh God, God, God.” “It’s Jean-Claude Van Damme,” she exclaims to Jennifer Aniston’s character Rachel. “He’s very attractive!”

Rachel observes the rough Belgian actor with skepticism: “You think?”

Monica, stunned, inquires, “The Muscles from Brussels?” Wham Bam, Van Damme? The flatmates quickly develop a competitive relationship with Van Damme.

I wonder who can blame them as I am escorted into his presence.

At sixty-three, he’s still the Muscles from Brussels, thirty years after appearing in the legendary sitcom! Or, if he had his way, he’d be the Fred Astaire of Karate, a nod to his brilliance in the fighting arts that helped him make his name.

Super-buff cinematic heroes like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were frequent in the 1980s and 1990s, but none were as proficient as Van Damme, whose characteristic skills included 360-degree kicks and splits. Men yearned to be like him due to his killer moves, bouffant haircut, and rippling muscles, while women desired to be with him.

Iram Ramzan says as she sits down with Jean-Claude Van Damme, ‘I am ushered into his presence.’