Jason Statham is Britain's most important post-millennial male film star. This book examines his work throughout a career encompassing film, television, music videos, multi-media platforms and video gaming.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
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