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Statham: 'I would slap Bond around'

Published Thursday, Nov 27 2008, 04:16 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
Statham: 'I would slap Bond around'

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Jason Statham has claimed that his Transporter character could beat James Bond in a fight.

The British actor, who reprises his role as Frank Martin in next month's Transporter 3, said that he was much more involved in physically demanding stuntwork than Bond star Daniel Craig.

Statham told MTV: "Oh, he'd slap old Bond around a couple of times, wouldn't he?

"You know, it's difficult to say but we do a lot of our own fight sequences and we keep it pretty realistic and pretty cool. We don't have many stunt doubles.

"Not to take anything away from what the Bond franchise people do, but I know they work with a lot of stuntmen and we tend to get stuck in and do our own stuff."

When asked who would win a car race between Martin and Jason Bourne, he replied: "A road race? Well, it's gonna be me looking in the rear view mirror, I suppose!"

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