It’s been 20 years now since the release of “The Transporter,” the 2002 film that put Jason Statham on the map as an action movie star.
Statham’s breakout roles as an actor had already come in a couple of crime films, both directed by Guy Ritchie: namely, “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch,” released in 1998 and 2000.
However, those films saw Statham walking around in a trench coat, and it wasn’t until he stripped off his shirt and showed off his muscles in an oil fight in “The Transporter” that he truly arrived as an action icon.Staham would reprise his role as…The post Why Jason Statham Wouldn’t Reprise His Role For The Transporter Reboot appeared first on /Film.
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