Jason Statham is one guy with whom you never mess up, both onscreen and off-screen. That is one thing that is quite clear to his fans, and also to his colleagues.
Now, well in his late 50s, the Hollywood star continues to be as intimidating as he was when he started his career in the 90s.
On his birthday today, know some interesting details about the actor that has made him such a tough guy both in reel and real life.
Jason does not need a stuntman
If Bollywood has Akshay Kumar who mostly prefers to do his own stunts, Hollywood has John Statham who never needs a stuntman. Rather he always wanted to be a stuntman and loves the daring action stunts himself.
In one of his interviews, the Fast & Furious actor revealed, “I'd do more if they let me. I've never really been frightened to do anything." From martial arts to diving, John is trained in almost everything that makes him such an expert in doing stunts. Despite the fact that he nearly died while shooting for Expendables, John’s love for doing stunts has not waned a bit.
Worked as a hustler on London streets
Most of the A-listers in the movie world have a struggle story and how they somehow managed to get an opportunity and made it big through it. But behind it, there is always their intention to become an actor. With Jason Statham, things were very different.
Talking about the same, the Crank actor once said that it was his father who taught him how to hustle on the streets of London as a teenager. Young Jason sat outside of Harrods and pitched the costume jewelry and it was fun for him at that time.
He would earn as much as $3000 every weekend and use it to spend on cars and races. And since then his love for automobiles has been going on. And it was this streetwise experience that made his modelling buddy Guy Ritchie offer Jason Statham 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels' despite the fact that he did not have any experience in acting.
And that is how the journey of Jason Statham who turns 56 today started in movies.