Loved by a large audience through beautiful action scenes in blockbuster action movies , Jason Statham is currently a valuable star in the film capital of Hollywood.

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Jason Statham is famous for action movies such as: British Gang, Freak, Mechanic Assassin, Expendables 2, Fast and Furious 7 and especially the Transporter series. But few people know that Jason Statham has a very difficult past, which has contributed to creating the world- famous nickname ” rich man addicted to wearing flip flops” .

The street vendor has a passion for art

Jason Statham was born on July 26, 1967 in the Derbyshire mountains of England, to a family whose father was an amateur singer and street vendor and his mother was a bar dancer. Many people think that Jason must have been trained and nurtured his talents since childhood. But the reality is that from a young age, he followed his father and older brother to perform in a family band to make a living . When he grew up, he planned to follow this profession, but Jason’s father directed him to become a street seller to have a more stable income.

Along with selling, Jason Statham is also a member of the British Olympic diving team. He participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and was the 12th ranked diver in the world. The artistic destiny came to him very naturally. During a training session, Sports Promotions invited Jason Statham to be a model for the French Connection fashion brand . From here, a truly life-changing opportunity came to Statham when he was noticed by director Guy Ritchie.

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Thanks to many tricks on the street by selling goods to passersby, Jason Statham easily won the heart of director Ritchie, proudly getting his first role without going through any training classes. . In the movie “British Gang”, Statham plays Bacon – a street fraud expert. The film quickly succeeded both artistically and commercially with its thrilling content and unique comedy style.

Two years later, Statham continued to participate in another of Ritchie’s projects, Snatch. The role of a Turkish guy who specializes in organizing boxing matches helped Statham really enter Hollywood.

Change your life with the Transporter

Statham’s talent for acting in action movies only really shined with his role as Frank Martin in The Transporter 2002, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson.

The Transporter was the breakthrough in Jason Statham’s career. With a budget of 21 million USD, the film grossed 43 million USD despite being unpopular with critics. Statham’s extremely “cool” appearance and eye-catching fighting and shooting scenes help the actor attract a large number of fans. For audiences of the 8X – 9X generation in Vietnam, the image of a cool driver in an elegant suit is forever an unforgettable character.

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The role of Frank Martin is an important milestone for Statham as this is the first time he takes on a lead role alone. The Transporter is a work that introduces Hollywood to an action superstar from the land of fog. In addition to his angular face, cold eyes and voice, Jason Statham also performed all the action scenes in the movie without the help of a stuntman.

The carrier had two more installments in 2005 and 2008 and achieved total revenue of nearly $200 million. From then on, action movie scripts were continuously sent to Jason Statham. But he plays the role of hero or “anti-hero” very well.

Role of Jonas Taylor in “Super Tyrant Shark”

In August 2018, Jason Statham tried his hand again as a professional diver in the blockbuster movie The Meg. Not having to confront gangsters or dangerous criminals, this time his opponent is the ferocious giant shark Megaladon – a sea monster that seemed to have gone extinct more than 2 million years ago. This reappearance of Jason Statham will make the audience “sit still”.

Thanks to his “side job” as a professional diver when he was young, among all the action superstars in Hollywood, Jason Statham is the most suitable actor to play the rival of the super shark Megaladon.

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To convey the horror of the ocean killer, Jason Statham learned from a diver who once struggled with a bull shark and lost an arm and a leg but still survived. . After that, the actor flew to the waters of Fiji to experience the feeling of swimming with real sharks.

Although in Super Tyrant Shark, Jason Statham did not actually swim with Megaladon, but thanks to the experience of swimming with real sharks, the emotions that Jason Statham expressed reached the maximum level of authenticity.

Rich people are addicted to wearing Hollywood slippers

Cinematic talent Jason Statham at the age of 53 is quite remarkable with a series of famous blockbusters. From a salary of nearly 150 million VND for his first film, Jason Statham has stepped up to stardom and was paid about more than 17 billion VND in the movie The Transporter.

His assets are huge but his “simple nature” remains unchanged. Fans discovered that when going down the street, slippers are his “inseparable” accessory. This hobby also caused him to encounter many mixed opinions. When he first appeared at the Shanghai International Film Festival, to promote the movie The Meg, Jason Statham caused “stun” when wearing a vest. and wear… slippers.

People With Money magazine voted Jason one of the highest-paid actors in the world thanks to his salary from acting in movies, advertising, real estate investment, and owning a chain of fast food restaurants and a club. football, private wine brand… Perhaps because of his humble background, Jason Statham does not have the luxury of spending money or having fun like other Hollywood colleagues.

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