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“Movie fighting is a real skill,” says the star, 47.
So he’s very happy to be playing a vengeful tough in Fast & Furious 7, facing former WWE wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – grandson of former Samoan professional wrestler Peter Maivia, who himself had a fight scene in 1967 Bond film You Only Live Twice.
Jason says it was refreshing to fi lm scenes alongside somebody who actually knew what they were doing. “To do a fight with someone like that, it’s like Christmas. You’ve got everything you need; you’ve got precision, you’ve got the timing. You don’t have to do 20 takes where some guy can’t throw a punch.”
When not playing hard man on screen Jason is dating fellow Brit model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, with the pair rumoured to have recently bought a £12 million Beverly Hills mansion together.
He adds: “More often than not, you do 20 takes with an actor, and you go, ‘This guy’s useless! Bring me the stunt double.’ Obviously, that isn’t the case with Dwayne.”
We can’t help wondering who these “20-take actors” might be...