‘Beekeeper’, ‘The Expendables’, ‘Megalodon 1 and 2’, ‘Fast & Furious ‘The Assassin’, ‘Transporter’, ‘Cellular’… are just some of the action titles starring Jason Statham (56 years).
The performer, one of the most beloved in Hollywood, sweeps the box office with most of his films, but the truth is that it is already quite difficult for us to see him outside of scenes full of shots, explosions, deaths and spectacular fights. Can you imagine Jason playing a family man sunk in monotony? Probably not…
But being one of the kings of action (we apologize to Tom Cruise) has not come by chance. In fact, the interpreter could have been a great horror movie star if it had not been for his first failure.
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Before making a name for himself and starting out in the cinema of explosions, pirouettes and revenge, Statham rose to fame thanks to his collaborations with British filmmaker Guy Ritchie. Their first projects together, more comedic than we are used to, include the low-budget crime thriller ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ and its sequel ‘Snatch’. Yes indeed, with ‘Ghosts of Mars’by John Carpenter, Jason could have become a horror star, if the movie hadn’t been a flop.
Despite having Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge and Pam Grier, the science fiction and possessed miners film was a commercial disappointment and a true terror for critics. In fact, The film grossed only $14 million against a budget of $28. Without a doubt for many a missed opportunity for Statham to have been the king of another type of genre that was not action.
While the film’s horror credentials are beyond doubt, what is surprising is that Jason Statham didn’t use this experience to do more scary scenes throughout his career. And it could be one of the biggest missed opportunities in his filmography to date because The interpreter has not appeared in another of these projects and has preferred focus his attention on action films. Of course, we still have time. At only 56 years old, who knows if he would soon dare to be the next murderer of ‘Scream’ or to appear in the next part of ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer?’
