Pyun conceived Cyborg as a black-and-white rock opera with minimal dialogue starring Chuck Norris. Cannon had other ideas and insisted that Jean-Claude Van Damme star instead.
The studio had some success with Van Damme’s Bloodsport and hoped that the Belgian kickboxer could work the same magic on Cyborg.
Cyborg was shot in 23 days—a much shorter production than most Hollywood films but with just as much drama.
I could write a whole article about Jean-Claude Van Damme’s inability to “movie fight,” but for now, I’ll just say this: Jean-Claude Van Damme may be a champion kickboxer, but as a stuntman, he sucks.
Jackson “Rock” Pinckney was performing a fight scene with Van Damme when Jean-Claude injured his left eye. Pinckney went through emergency surgery but ultimately lost all use of his eye.
The Cyborg injury was litigated four years after the movie was shot, and Pinckney took Van Damme for $485,000 in damages. I’m not sure that makes up for being blinded via a boot to the eye, but at least he got something.
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