Jason Statham, you know - British, hunky, picks really bad movies to star in, got some excellent research done for his latest film "The Bank Job". The flick is based on a real life bank robbery that took place in Britain in the 1970's. Statham says that one of the actual thieves, who was never caught, visited the set. Way to remain inconspicuous, guy.
"We were very lucky. One of the chaps came to the set. We tried to keep his identity undercover. He didn't want to glamorize himself. A lot of people thought he was my dad coming for a set visit. Remarkably he looked a lot like me. He told us some great stories about the day," Statham says. Way to enable crime, Jay.
British authorities banned the media from reporting on the crime, which took place at a central London bank in 1971. And now they get to visit movie sets without fear of arrest? Is this like one of those things where you burn down your house to get the insurance money?
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