How have directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor changed from Crank to Crank 2?
Statham: They just drink a lot more tequila. They’re absolutely bonkers, yeah. They’re exactly the same. They’re just very, very confident; they know what they’re doing. It’s an unusual setup they have. Normally, you’d think that one would take care of the script and the dialogue, and the other one would take care of the camera and the lighting, but they just flip it. They can just go, “Ok, you go and hold the camera this time.” They’re so interchangeable with their roles that they play. Who’s the better rollerblader? I know they like shooting on rollerblades? Statham: I’ve never seen anyone as good as Mark Neveldine, period. He’s completely amazing on a set of skates — and fearless to the point of suicide. It’s very worrying some of the stuff. I don’t know how they let him get away with it. The first Crank sort of came out of nowhere. Was there any new or different pressure while doing Crank 2? Statham: They’re not aware of any pressure. They wrote part two in like a week. I think it
