Jason Statham has risen from street seller through championship diving and modelling to become arguably the biggest British male film star of the twenty-first century. This is the first book to offer a critical analysis of his work across a variety of media, including film, television, video games and music videos. Each chapter focuses on a particular aspect of Statham’s career, from his distinctive screen presence to his style, branding and celebrity. Accessibly written, and featuring a contribution from Hollywood director Paul Feig, who worked with Statham on the 2015 action-comedy Spy, the collection will appeal to a wide audience of scholars, students and fans.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction – Steven Gerrard and Robert Shail
1 Reframing the British tough guy: Jason Statham as postmodern hero – Robert Shail
2 ‘I’m certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt’: Jason Statham, fandom and a new type of (anti)hero – Renee Middlemost
3 The power of Statham – Paul Feig
4 ‘It’s that peasant mentality’: the cult persona of Jason Statham, Hollywood outsider – Jonathan Mack
5 A balancing act(or): Jason Statham and the ensemble film – Sarah Thomas
6 Blagging it both ways: The Bank Job and the British heist movie – James Chapman
7 Jason Statham in Spy: subverting genre and gender – Clare Smith
8 Arthouse Statham – Martin Carter
9 Transporting Jason Statham: national identity in the Transporter trilogy – Jennie Lewis-Vidler
10 The avatar hero: exploring the virtualisation of the Statham brand – Dean Bowman and Erin Pearson
11 Ageing Statham: expendable expendable? – Nathasha Parcei
12 Crank it up! Scoring Statham – Shelley O’Brien
13 Clothes make the man: Statham’s sartorial serendipity – Steven Gerrard
Conclusion – Steven Gerrard and Robert Shail
Index
Circa l’autore
Robert Shail is Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Wales, Trinity St David.
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