How Your Favorite Supermodels Got Their Start

Jason Statham

Did you know that before he was acting, Jason Statham was a high diver who sold jewelry on the streets of London to pay his rent? He was living a lackluster life when a talent agent asked him to come into an audition for director Guy Ritchie. Ritchie was working on Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and though Jason was a perfect fit for the role of a street jewelry vendor!

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