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Summary John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars provided Jason Statham with his first big action role. Statham made his movie debut with Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and they soon reunited with 2000's Snatch, but while he impressed in both of those efforts with his comic chops, the roles in these British crime movies did not offer much of a hint at the action hero Statham would become in later roles.
Related Jason Statham's 5 Acting Heroes Perfectly Explain His Entire Career Jason Statham has made a name for himself in the action genre and once cited his five acting heroes; here's how they all influenced his career. Though a supporting role, Statham helps to make Jericho a stand-out character in the ensemble with Statham's action movie presence sometimes being distracting given that he is meant to be a secondary player in the movie. Jericho even becomes the love interest of the main female character, Lieutenant Melanie Ballard .
Jason Statham Got His First Lead Action Role A Year Later The Transporter Cemented Statham's Action Career That Continues To This Day Close Statham's first year trying to break into the action genre might not have gone as smoothly as the actor likely hoped. Ghosts of Mars' failure was joined by the sci-fi action movie The One also released in 2001. The movie was another critical failure and only a modest box office hit.
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