Jason Statham Talks Italian Job Remake

[Thursday, January 9th, 2003]
Jason StathamJason Statham (The Transporter) spoke with Empire Online about his role as "Handsome Tom" in the remake The Italian Job.

Statham says that they're deliberately not trying to duplicate the original. "It's such an old classic, it would be silly to try to make a direct copy," he told the site. "There are a lot of new characters in it – the only characters that remain the same from the original are Charlie Croker which Mark Whalberg plays and Bridger played by Donald Sutherland."

Statham adds, "It's a big, big movie, very grand and very expensive, with some brilliant car chases. The way we steal the gold is ingenious!"

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