Jason Statham never thought he’d be on the other side of the big screen. From childhood, he was fond of martial arts, then diving appeared in his life, for several years he was a member of the national team.
It was not possible to make money with this, so they had to sell perfumes and jewelry on the street, including fake ones. Perhaps he would still be engaged in gray business, if not for one case.
Once Statham was at the casting of the future masterpiece “Cards, Money, Two Smoking Barrels”, where he managed to sell fake jewelry to Guy Ritchie. And when the director demanded a refund, Jason showed skillful intransigence and struck the master.
“Guy needed an authentic character. And it was me, because they don’t teach such things in drama school, ”the New Hearth recalls the words of the actor.