Jason Statham Escapes Death on ‘Expendables 3’ Set

evolveteam August 29, 2013 2

Actor Jason Statham has established his Hollywood credibility for performing death-defying stunts in his own films. Well, according to skandalno.net, the action star nearly drowned to death on the set of The Expendables 3 set after refusing to use a stuntman during a scene involving him jumping in the water.

Here’s a translation from the foreign site’s report:

“Hollywood movie star Jason Statham off close to death and survived only thanks to the rapid intervention team “Emergency.” The incident broke out last Saturday, when the actor to take on the implementation of a dangerous action scene from “The Expendables 3” and flatly refused to engage a professional stuntman.

The shocking incident occurred at pictures in a pond. Then stunt was ready, but Jason Statham said that number is not so hard and do everything yourself. The fall in the water something goes wrong and he never managed to emerge. The set get into real horror and a few more – brave jumped into the water to save him. Luckily managed to find it and remove relatively quickly, but Jason Statham unconscious and showed no signs of life. The ambulance arrived very quickly and took him to the hospital. Doctors successfully decent action hero and after several hours at the hospital determined that there is no danger to his life. Statham on his return behaved male and immediately resumed work without complaining and spares. “Thanks to God survived and continue to work,” was the brief comment of the star mallow incident.”

Luckily, he survived the scene still alive. That would have been a tough loss for both the film and the industry. The Expendables 3 is scheduled to shoot its way into theaters August 2014.

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