Jason Statham Goes Back To Comedy With 'Susan Cooper'

Briefly: Jason Statham is best known as an action guy, but some of his earliest roles had a heavy touch of comedy to them. He was good at it, too — the very charisma that makes him bankable as an action star has its roots in those partially comic roles. I'm surprised he's been away from explicitly comic work for a while, though there's no doubt that many of his action films have a definite undercurrent of humor; it's just not as thick as you'll find in, say, Snatch.

Now Statham is in talks for a supporting role in Susan Cooper, the film that will re-team Bridesmaids and The Heat director Paul Feig and star Melissa McCarthy. She'll be "a bumbling secret agent" and he'll be a spy on her side of the national fence. Which probably means he'll be the straight man, which is a role he'll be very ably equipped to play.  [Deadline]