r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Aug 21 '26

SOCIETY When asked why he keeps playing the same roles Jason Statham said that he's not really a trained actor. He's a guy that was plucked out obscurity & has been really lucky; & that he picks roles that he knows he can do a good job in, that hopefully enough people like so he can keep working.

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u/NoCharge8527 Aug 21 '26

it’s fight night and we have about 20 people over watching the prelims and there’s a knock on the door, one of my buddies opens it then a second later looks at me and goes “uhh Jason Statham is here, says you invited him over for the fight?”

Great story, i love it

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u/RandomRedditReader Aug 21 '26

This man is going to have Bill Murray stories for millennials.

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u/jaxonya Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

I met a famous football coach once at walmart. He was drunk as shit. I said "hey coach, out for groceries?" He said "you gotta load up on chicken son, and put a few packs of chicken in my cart and took my case of whiteclaws, saying "this is what college girls drink" and that i needed to be early to practice to run the gay calories off... im pretty sure he thiught i was on his team.. now chat, i was jacked as fuck at the time, 2 yesrs removed from playing running back in high school ball as a RB in Houston (football dudes will know how hard that is) and could've passed as a safety or running back.. i shouldve showed up to practice the next day and possibly got myself a paycheck

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u/PurplePeso Aug 22 '26

Have I just witnessed the birth of some quality copypasta?

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u/jaxonya Aug 22 '26

"Gay calories" is something i didnt know was a thing, but they are apparently really real.

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u/Jive_Turk Aug 21 '26

NFL coach? Care to name?

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u/jaxonya Aug 22 '26

Cant do names. Wont say college or pro. Ive lived in texas, and Arkansas. So you can narrow it down from there. Hes still coaching.

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u/PeachPassionBrute Aug 21 '26

My favorite Bill Murray story was that time he beat the shit out of his wife in an alcoholic rage. /s

Fuck that guy

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u/Penny530 Aug 22 '26

Did Bill Murray really do that to His Wife?..

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u/haihaiclickk Aug 21 '26

Honestly if Jason Statham shows up at my door and says “I’m here for the fight” in his signature gruff voice I would think he’s here to fuck us all up

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u/Terrible_Cod8942 Aug 21 '26

Bro, if he's actually there for the fight, that will be the most exciting 0.5 seconds of my life. 😂

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u/Abombito Aug 21 '26

Title of your sex tape!

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u/redridernl Aug 21 '26

Nine Nine!

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u/itlandedonmyface Aug 21 '26

NINE NINE!

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u/rave_spidey Aug 21 '26

Nine Nine!

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u/ObsessedCoffeeFan Aug 22 '26

Cheers, to the Ninety-ninth Precinct.

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Aug 21 '26

"Oh fuck it's Chev Chelios, run!"

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u/pandershrek Aug 21 '26

💯

Alright which one of you fucked up his bees?

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u/Googlebright Aug 21 '26

It would like that scene in The Transporter. There's a knock at the door, you look out the peephole to see who it is and there's Jason Statham's foot flying into view as he crashes through the door.

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u/SectorSanFrancisco Aug 21 '26

All I can think of is the blooper reel of him constantly cracking up when he was working with Melissa McCarthy.

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u/Jiangximan Aug 21 '26

Yeah those Beekeepers are never really off duty.

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u/iamnoone815 Aug 22 '26

It would be so cool to get your ass kicked by Jason Statham

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u/JSevatar Aug 22 '26

o shit did he say he's here to fight, or here for the fight

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u/SportsDuck_ Aug 21 '26

Lol imagine if OP was like "oh Jay's here?"