A Jason Statham film would have the best line in cinema history, according to actor James McAvoy, famous for his role as Professor Xavier at Marvel.
Actor James McAvoy (X-Men) is a big fan of Jason Statham’s cinema! After having it qualified of“the most physically impressive actor I know”he had to choose at the microphone to Den of Geek what was his favorite Jason Statham movie.
A difficult choice, because the actor popularized by The Transporter has a long filmography largely devoted to action films. But McAvoy managed to make a choice, based in particular on a line of dialogue, which amuses him every time!
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It’s “Hyper tension”, because he says the line: ‘Is there an asshole mark on my forehead?’ and it’s the best line I’ve ever heard in a movie.
If you’ve ever dreamed of seeing Statham play a violent beekeeper in front of the Suicide Squad director’s camera, you’ll love this film!
To see the scene in action, click here – note that the rude word is written directly on the actor’s forehead, with a sound effect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XjPMgRfLlc
Hyper tension (Crank in the original version) closes the “first generation” of Statham’s films, a period during which he shot films with simple, even simplistic titles: Revolver, Chaos, London, Cellular, in which he isn’t always the headliner. Hyper Tension is the beginning of a new era, where he takes the reins of the entire film, and where his physical prowess becomes the main attraction.
Hyper Tension sees him play Chev Chelios, a hitman who learns when he wakes up that he only has one hour to live, because a certain Ricky Verona poisoned him following a failed contract. To stay alive, Chelios must stimulate his adrenaline and find the antidote.
Despite a modest success, Hyper Tension had a sequel: Hyper Tension 2, released in 2009 and still with Statham, picking up right where the first film left off. To be reserved for fans of the actor only.
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Coincidentally with the castings, Jason Statham and James McAvoy never found themselves in a live-action feature film, but both lent their voices to the animated film Gnomeo and Juliet, the first playing the main role and the second that of Tybalt, a garden gnome with a red hat, Gnomeo’s great rival.