The actor Jason Statham considers an actor above the batch in the genre of action cinema, and he worships him since his childhood.
Jason Statham is a benchmark for action cinema. With around fifty films to his credit, which barely 2 or 3 do not use his abilities as a martial artist, he is one of the rare major actors working in Hollywood capable of ensuring his combat scenes himself. Recall that he masters Chinese martial arts, kickboxing and karate.
“A raw talent”
But an actor “unique” Forged this passion for statham for his sports and using them on the screen, as he had entrusted to 2008 ::
“I saw Operation Dragon an incalculable number of times, it is a pioneering film of action cinema and all those who were inspired by Bruce Lee … I am sure that all those who made an action film just drooled with the raw talent of Bruce Lee and how unique he was.”
Warner Bros. Bruce Lee in “Operation Dragon”
Bruce Lee died prematurely (for drinking too much water?) In 1973. In a few headliners barely from 1971 to 1973, including Operation Dragon, his latest film completed, the Hong Kong actor entered legend as one of the best fighters on the big screen. He left a vacant place resumed years later by Jet Li, then Jason Statham, who will also compete in The One (2001), then Snape: the ultimate confrontation (2007) and will rub shoulders in the first 3 Expertables.
Why is it only playing men of action?
If Statham became known for his muscular films such as the series of transporter, Parker, Hyper Tension and the Flingueur, he sometimes accepted different roles, but he tried to keep this at the margins of his career. And as he explained to Huffington Post By invoking Bruce Lee again, it is completely aware of him:
Agency / Bestimage Jason Statham
“I am a big fan of Bruce Lee and if I saw Bruce Lee try to be a lawyer in the short week, I would like to be reimbursed my ticket. Not that I can compare myself to Bruce Lee or anything like this, but I simply say that my strength does not reside in playing something very far from my DNA, so it really depends on the role [proposé]”.
It must be recognized that in recent years, Statham has really stayed in its comfort zone with the Expendable sagas, Fast & Furious and now Beekeeper ensuring that it always breaks in front of the camera. The latest “different” roles of the actor remain Homefront in 2013, written by Sylvester Stallone and the two troubled waters (The MEG), which are however classified in the action genre.
Until when will the actor, 57, manage to keep in shape to keep his credibility as a man of action on the screen? Others that he reached a lot of stuntmen like his mentor Sylvester Stallone, but Statham, himself a martial arts practitioner, will he agree to be doubled in order to maintain his career? The years to come will tell us.
