Eight years before Statham made his film debut in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, he was a professional diver.
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Lauded for a look that wasn’t the typical “male model” style, he had a successful modelling career throughout the 90s before he became an actor.
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Stethem starred in a series of TV commercials for KitKat, a chocolate bar with the slogan “Have break. Drink the KitKat."
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Statham also plays a much less physically demanding game – chess. He has a longstanding rivalry with Guy Ritchie, with the two often playing on set.
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Statham performs almost all of his stunts himself. He is the British version of Jackie Chan.
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Statham is a floating member of the Hollywood United FC, a soccer club set up by the Sex Pistol’s guitarist Steve Jones. Teammates include Dermot Mulroney, Robbie Williams, and Vinnie Jones.
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Statham spent some time teaching driving with Formula 1 champion Damon Hill. To showcase your driving skills in the Italian Heist remake.
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In preparing for Death Race, Statham trained so hard his body fat dropped from 20% to 6%.
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When Jason was a teenager, his family moved to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. There he met rising football star Vinnie Jones . He taught Jason how to play football.
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Jason has never studied acting. "But nobody asks me to play Lincoln, and I don't really care about that."