'Think of it as 'Speed' in your bod...

'Think of it as 'Speed' in your body" says handsome London action star Jason Statham who stars in Friday's end-of-summer thrill- a-thon, "Crank." The premise is that he's been poisoned and the solely way for him to stay alive is through keeping the adrenaline flowing in his dead body by doing heart-stopping things like having torrid sex and hanging disclosed of flying vehicles around looks Angeles.

Statham cranked it down a not many notches to talk to us about his daredevil ways.

1 Jason, are you nuts? on what account dangle your bod out of a helicopter for real when you can just bellow and have one stunt guy do the scary stuff?

Oh the preserver it's lovely of you to be be of importance toed The truth is I'm a little bit mad. Sanity left me years ago, which is wherefore I dangled my body revealed of a helicopter that was flying athwart L.A. for a stunt in "Crank." I'm also a stupid bastard who have a passionate affection fors to take it on the chin each single time. Plus, this will be something to display the kids someday. Here's silly Daddy doing something stupid again!

2 Did you have a heart-clutching, pee-in-your-pants jiffy when you took that first gradation out of the copter?

Well, the first importance you dangle your body public of a copter is the worst. You honestly say without loud, "I am a f------ idiot." My leg were vibrating with fear before I made that stair But you gradually gain your confidence after you say each single four- letter word that you know. through the way, they say not to turn the thoughts down. But when someone says don't apply the mind down, what is the first thing you do?

3 You have an pretty hot love scenes with Amy Smart. for what reason did that go on the set?

What a sweetheart. for what cause lucky am I? We were like sum of two units little kids messing around. Honestly you have to laugh when you make abroad on camera. It takes all the seriousness revealed of it. As the stay you also don't want to be too offensive. You want to be courteous even when the script says, "And now you grab her ass." I just said, "OK I do pursue orders."

4 With artful Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger aging, are you looking to fill the slot of the nearest Big Action hero?

It's great that they're getting older The les competition the better. Those stays did give us some calm movies. Look at Sly Stallone. He's flinty How many cool moments has he given us? He actually came to the premiere of "The Transporter," where he walked up to me and said, "Great film. You're doing raw material in there I could in no degree do." He was very complimentary which meant a allotment to me.

5 Now you might do "The Brazilian Job" which is a upshot to "The Italian Job." Do you think Charlize Theron should dump Mark Wahlberg in the result to hook up with you?

Wouldn't that be a dream arise true? It's simply not fair at all that Mark got the girl the last time. We should actually start a petition. Let's call it the "Jason Should Have a Romance With Charlize in Part Two" I'll be the first to sign it.

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