Jason Statham believes “it’s a total injustice” that action film stuntmen aren’t often recognised during Oscar season.
The 46-year-old British actor has become an icon on the kick-butt movie circuit since he began his Hollywood career in 1998. Jason is also a martial artist and he was once a diver before becoming famous on the big screen.
And he doesn’t appreciate the fact that his action peers, who constantly risk their lives on set, are rarely praised by major critics or leaders at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
“For me, it’s a total injustice,” he told Vanity Fair.
Jason Statham stops by Los Angeles to chat with Mario Lopez on Extra Tuesday Nov 19 (WENN)
“[Stuntmen are] the ones getting busy. Then you have some guy standing in front of a f**king green screen screwing his face up pretending like he’s doing the stunt. To me, it’s like a farce. I have a real frustration with that because I know these coordinators. I train with them all the time and they are incredibly talented.”
Jason, who has starred in such classics as Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Expendables, says he sometimes gets miffed over the whole situation.
The star thinks it is only right to acknowledge fellow Hollywood peers for performing death-defying stunts to entertain audiences.
“I think it is an overlooked category, how much responsibility these coordinators have for some of the greatest entertainment in action movies,” Jason explained.
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