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Jason Statham’s Career In Pictures, From ‘Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels’ To The ‘Expendables’ Trilogy


If there is cinematic butt to be kicked, rest assured that Jason Statham will be at the front of the line. Since he burst onto the scene in Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998, he’s left a lot of broken bodies and wrecked cars in his wake. And when Expendables 4 rolls out on September 20, he will be nearing his 50th film, the lion’s share being unapologetic explosive action.
Statham makes movies with staying power. He’s made four Expendables films (2010, 2012, 2014 and 2023), three Transporters (2002, 2005 and 2008), two Mechanics (2011 and 2016), tw0 Cranks (2006 and 2009) and two Megs (2018 and 2023). Oh, yes, he also jumped into the Fast and Furious universe, making Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), Fast X (2023) and the spinoff Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw (2019), teaming with Dwayne Johnson.

As a leading man, his films have delivered $1.8 billion worldwide, according to The Numbers. All told, his movies have made nearly $7.9 billion.
Not everything is action, mind you. Statham was in John Carpenter’s Ghost of Mars (2001), played a prisoner/football player in Mean Machine (2002) and lends his voice to the animated Gnomeo and Juliet (2011). He also did a fantasy film, In the Name of the King (2008); a crime thriller, 13 (2010); and a comedy, Spy (2015) with Melissa McCarthy.

And who can forget the tender moments with his wee daughter Maddie in Homefront (2013) or his gentle care of a nun played by Agata Buzek in Hummingbird (2013). Of course, the tender moments came before he had to take out a meth gang and a group of mobsters, respectively.
But that’s what you get with Statham. When things get touchy-feely, well, you know it’s not going to end well for someone.

Take a look back with us at Statham’s career in pictures … just stay on your toes.
‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ (1998)From left, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher, and Jason Flemyng, 1998.

‘Snatch’ (2000)Statham with Brad Pitt.
‘Ghosts of Mars’ (2001)Statham with Ice Cube, left, and Clea DuVall.
‘The One’ (2001)Statham with Jet Li.
‘The Transporter (2002)Statham with Qi Shu, 2002.
‘The Italian Job’ (2003)Statham with Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron.
‘Cellular’ (2004)Statham as Detective Ethan Greer.
‘The Transporter 2’ (2005)Statham with Kate Nauta.
‘Revolver’ (2005)Statham as confidence trickster Jake Green.
‘London’ (2005)Statham as banker Bateman.
‘Chaos’ (2005)Statham with Ryan Phillippe.
‘Crank’ (2006)Statham with Amy Smart.
‘Crank 2: High Voltage’ (2009)Statham with Bai Ling.
‘War’ (2007)From left, Statham, Mathew St. Patrick and John Lone.
‘The Bank Job’ (2008)Statham with Daniel Mays.
‘In the Name of the King’ (2007)Statham with Ron Perlman, center, and Will Sanderson.
‘Death Race’ (2008)Statham with Natalie Martinez.
‘Transporter 3’ (2008)Statham with Natalya Rudakova.
’13’ (2010)From left, Sam Riley, Ray Winstone, Statham, Mickey Rourke and Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson on U.S. poster art.
‘The Expendables’ (2010)Statham with Sylvester Stallone in the first of the ‘Expendables’ trilogy.
‘The Mechanic’ (2011)Statham with Ben Foster, left.
‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ (2011)Statham was the voice for Tybalt.
‘Blitz’ (2011)Statham as London cop Tom Brant.
‘Killer Elite’ (2011)Statham with Robert De Niro.
‘Safe’ (2011)Statham with Catherine Chan.
‘The Expendables 2’ (2012)Statham as knife specialist Lee Christmas.
‘Parker’ (2013)Statham with Jennifer Lopez.
‘Hummingbird (2013)Statham as ex-Special Forces soldier Joseph Smith.
‘Homefront’ (2013)Statham with Izabela Vidovic.
‘The Expendables 3’ (2014)From left: Sylvester Stallone, Randy Couture, Antonio Banderas, Statham, Wesley Snipes and Dolph Lundgren.
‘Wild Card’ (2015)Statham with Anne Heche.
‘Furious 7’ (2015)Statham with Dwayne Johnson.
‘Spy’ (2015)Statham with Melissa McCarthy.
‘Mechanic: Resurrection’ (2016)Statham with Michelle Yeoh.
‘The Fate of the Furious’ (2017)Statham as former intelligence agent Deckard Shaw.
‘The Meg’ (2018)Statham with Shuya Sophia Cai.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawStatham with Dwayne Johnson.
‘Wrath of Man’ (2021)Statham with Josh Hartnett.
‘Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre’ (2022)Statham with Josh Hartnett and Aubrey Plaza.
‘Meg 2: The Trench’ (2023)Jason Statham with the Meg.
‘Expend4bles’ (2023)The new team, from left: Randy Couture, Andy Garcia, Megan Fox, Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Tony Jaa, Dolph Lundgren and Iko Uwais.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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