Mumbai, July 27 (Ians) Filmmaker Ben Wheatley, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film ‘Meg 2’, has spoken about the Hollywood actor Jason Statham’s love for doing his own stunts and his keenness of doing as many stunts as possible by himself.
Anytime the actor is seen powering a jet ski through the water in the movie, that is indeed Statham.
Talking about his lead actor and his love for stunts, Wheatley said: “Because the physics of a face are hard to fake — you have to be upside down to really look like you are upside down — we had Jason on this kind of giant hand drill setup, and we’d pull the trigger and spin him around, firing water at his face.
He added: “He wanted as few gimbal shots as possible, almost all of it is him -obviously not jumping a giant wave, but him riding a jet ski very,...
Anytime the actor is seen powering a jet ski through the water in the movie, that is indeed Statham.
Talking about his lead actor and his love for stunts, Wheatley said: “Because the physics of a face are hard to fake — you have to be upside down to really look like you are upside down — we had Jason on this kind of giant hand drill setup, and we’d pull the trigger and spin him around, firing water at his face.
He added: “He wanted as few gimbal shots as possible, almost all of it is him -obviously not jumping a giant wave, but him riding a jet ski very,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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