Bruce Lee was an inspiration
The action star has also lately chastised performers who play ‘superhero' roles yet do not perform any of their own stunts. “They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing,” he claimed in an interview with The Guardian. “I'm encouraged by folks who can do their own work,” he concluded. Like Jackie Chan and Jet Li, Bruce Lee never had stunt doubles and fought duplicates. I've been in action films where there is a face replacement, and I'm battling with a double, and it's humiliating.”
It was a close call
For a man who refuses to utilize a stunt double, he has had some scary calls throughout his career. He appeared in an action flick, The Expendables, in 2010. Statham had to endure severe wind while filming the sequence in which Jason's character shoots off the nose of the plane. If it wasn't dangerous enough, the crew discovered a leak coming from the engine after the scene was over. Statham is fortunate that the jet landed safely!