Jason Statham Facts & News
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1) Facts:
1. A Stath Is Born
The artist about to known as The Stath was born an enigma. Depending
on what source you believe, he either burst into the world on 12th
September 1967 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire (he’s a Forest fan) or on the
same day in 1972 in Lewisham. We’d like to think that he was forged from
a strand of Chuck Norris’ hair that was fired into the heart of
Krypton. All that’s known for sure is that he started as he meant to go
on: kicking, screaming and bald.
2. A Knack For Hitting Things
Theatrics run in the blood. Jason’s mock-auctioneer dad Barry also
fancied himself as a lounge singer, and the young Stath found himself
roped into the family band: Barry sang, Jason’s elder brother Lee played
guitar while ‘lil Jason battered the drums. Obviously.
3. High Times
While on a family holiday, Statham spotted a guy doing a high dive
and decided he fancied a crack. He started training everyday, becoming
one of the British team’s top divers and competed around the world at
the Commonwealth Games, several Olympic trials and placing an impressive
12th at the World Championships. There’s a bloody good reason why he
didn’t bag gold though…
4. Scoring Big
The Stath has his priorities, and its models not medals. Competitions
gave him plenty of opportunities to keep the British end up in the name
of international relationships. “I was on the British team travelling
around the world and jumping in bed with Russian girls!”
5. Market Values
The Stath briefly followed his dad into the duck’n’dive business,
hustling dodgy wares – knock-off perfumes and jewellery - on some of
London’s busiest shopping streets. “It didn’t fall off the back of a
lorry,” he told Jay Leno. “Someone pushed them and I caught them. We
made thousands!”
6. Model Of Success
All that hard work training for diving success might not have paid
off in Olympic glory but it certainly gave The Stath an athlete’s
physique, which meant he was earmarked for modeling work. He did
campaigns for Hilfiger, Levis and French Connection as well as a silver
pants-and-pant music video for Erasure. We’re all just going to have to
pretend this didn’t happen.
7. Have A Break…
“Remember,” says the familiar-looking hairline on the other side of
the café table, “You are not a salmon.” True dat. The Stath’s biggest
break though was a UK commercial for Kit-Kat, were he philosophically
points out how daft it is knackering yourself out like the unfortunate
upstream swimmer.
8. Licence Fail
The Stath might be a legend in the business for his skills behind the
wheel, but when it came to passing his test, he certainly didn’t
impress anyone down the DVLA with the ‘bad habits’ he’d already picked
up while helping his dad with the driving load on long journeys… aged
all of 15. “I failed the test two-or-three times,” he admitted to Leno.
“I’d drive to the test, fail, and then drive home.”
9. Acting The Part
Statham didn’t have to do too much acting in his audition for Guy
Ritchie for a part in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. Challenged
with persuading the director to buy a piece of fake jewellery, the actor
laid on the pearly patter with an experienced trowel. Ritchie walked
away with four bits of tat, while The Stath left the audition with both
the part as well as Ritchie’s cash still jingling in his pocket. Now
that’s method.
10. On Set Horseplay
Picture the scene. You’re Matthew Vaughn. You’re driving your brand
new Porsche around London feeling smug that you’re first big production –
Lock, Stock – is currently shooting. You’re revelry is broken by the
clunking noise you can hear. Baffled, you take it to a mechanic, who
promptly pisses himself laughing. You’re naturally a bit narked to find
out that Jason bloody Statham has filled your boot with rusty
horseshoes.
11. Getting His Ass To Mars
Some people would say that there’s no such thing as a bad choice, as
each decision will only lead to another decision, then another, and so
on as life plays out. But then those people didn’t drop out of the lead
role of Dog Soldiers for a part in John Carpenter’s Ghosts Of Mars like
Statham did – only to then get bumped in turn into a smaller role by Ice
Cube, who later called the movie the worst of his career.
12. Getting Real On Vicky Vale
The Stath’s Cellular co-star Kim Basinger decided that she needed a
real scare to get her into the part of the kidnapped victim and asked
him to surprise her. So he attacked her throat with a belt. She
certainly looks scared in the movie.
13. Learning From The Best
When it comes to a remake of the national-treasure Italian Job, any
Brit worth his Union Jack grundies knows he’s got to really step up when
it comes to the driving. As the cast’s sole Brit representative –
playing Handsome Rob – the Stath spent time under the tutelage of former
F1 champion Damon Hill to guarantee that he could fly the flag proudly.
In the event, it turned out that neither he nor Mark Wahlberg was as
good behind the wheel as co-star Charlize Theron.Jason Statham Cars!
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