In 2002, director Louis Leterrier made his feature film debut with The Transporter (The Transporter). Is action tape was not only a hit, but also catapulted to fame as a new action icon to Jason Statham. The impact of history unleashed two more sequels and despite the success, the British actor decided not to return as Frank Martin, but why didn’t Jason continue in the saga?
The franchise was still a great draw for the public, so in the year 2015 HBO decided to continue with the story by presenting The Transporter: Refueledbut hiring the star of Game of Thrones and Deadpool, ed skrein.
All the fans hoped that Jason would return as Frank, but it didn’t happen. When he was consulted about the reasons for not returning, Statham was concise in making it clear that the situation did not arise due to monetary differences.
“Obviously it was a great experience to make those movies, and I would have loved to continue making them. But they wanted me to sign on and do three more movies without even seeing a script, and they offered me less money to do three than they would pay me for one.”. Jason explained in a interview conducted by Vulture. “It was a business decision. I would have loved to, but can’t you really sign without seeing a script, and sign for three of them? so that they pay me a pittance? I just couldn’t see the value in that“added the actor.
It’s common in the film industry for stars not to go ahead with the projects that made them most famous, firstly to avoid getting tired and pigeonholed, and second (perhaps most importantly) because they don’t get better profits. Statham’s decision was wise, as he would have missed out on other major action roles in his career, such as being part of the Fast and furious or of The Expendables.
As for Jason’s next works, the most recent to be presented is Operation Fortune: Ruse of War. For the near future, that is, 2023, it will have two important comebackslike Lee Christmas for Expendables 4 and as Deckard Shaw in fast and furious 10.
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Why Jason Statham didn’t return to his biggest role, The Transporter