While Statham is no stranger to action movies, The Meg isn’t exactly the sort of action we’re used to seeing him involved in, but it turns out that’s exactly why he was wanted for the film.
However, the hero of The Meg is deep sea diver Jonas Taylor, played perfectly by Jason Statham.
The real star of the monster movie The Meg is the massive megalodon title character.
The Meg producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura says that while the film needed a “tough guy” to play the lead, it didn’t need him simply to do action scenes, but instead to see how such a character handles the trauma of the experience.