The 35-year-old star said Statham is one of the best action heroes in the industry right now, reported FemaleFirst.
"My husband and I are both fans of Jason Statham. I love action movies and think he's one of the best- if not the best - action stars right now.
"I mean, what Jason can do with his body is insane. He's better than some stunt people that I've worked with. I thought it would just be fun, frankly, and such a different thing to my day-to-day," she said.
"I don't know if I ever had a fear of being typecast. I've done comedy, drama, action, comic-book movies so I've made it a point to keep the work that I've done pretty diverse.
"I thought it was important that if I was going to be in an action movie at this point in my life, I should play a strong character, not just a victim or a damsel in distress, but someone who was tough, smart and capable," she added.
"I loved the 'Fantastic Four' movies because I remember how fun it was to play a superhero.
"At the time, Sue Storm was one of the first female superheroes who was really a main character in an action movie. That was really cool.
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