They’d make their next film together too, 2000’sSnatch, before reuniting a third time with 2005’sRevolver.
In the years since, they’ve stayed friends but branched out separately in big and blockbuster ways.
“This particular genre is a favorite of mine,” Statham tells EW.
Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham filming ‘Revolver’.Everett Collection
“I love heist movies, I love revenge movies.
So you just turn up with an open mind and you’ll succeed.”
Initially, on the surface, it doesn’t really feel like a Guy Ritchie movie.
Cameron Jack, Darrell D’Silva, Jason Statham, and Babs Olusanmokun in ‘Wrath of Man’.Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
He’s so visual, and he really knows how to put sound and score together.
You just trust him."
What his new co-workers don’t know is that he’s on the hunt for his son’s murderers.
So this is a personal one."
“Somehow they become memorable.
If the character’s a great character, you get to justify the quirky name.”
Next up for Statham in the name department is another banger: Orson Fortune.
That character will be at the center of another Statham-Ritchie collaboration, the upcomingFive Eyes.
“He’s going to be sick of me now.
