The hardman's life could have been very different. Statham said: "It's a bit of a sore point I never got to the Olympics." Hollywood's loss would have been international sports' gain. Or something like that. To be fair, the tough guy actually did pretty well in tiny trunks and made the national team way back in 1990, as you can see from the video above.

YOUTUBE Jason Statham at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

The actor actually represented England in Auckland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand. Sadly, as you can see from the video, he didn't win a medal in any of the three competitions he took part in. Statham reckons he would have done better if he started earlier or tried someting else. He said: "I started too late. It probably wasn't my thing. I should have done a different sport."

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Sadly the multi-talented almost-Olympian doesn't reveal what else he might have turned his hand to, but he has nothing but praise for the current efforts of Rio bronze medallists Daley and Dan Goodfellow, not to mention gold medallists Jack Laugher and Chris Mears Statham said: "I just heard they got seven million or something for the diving per year. They deserve it. The divers we've got now are just terrific." The actor's past is littered with more tiny pants. Statham starred in a leopard-print thong in the 1990s video for The Shamen's Comin' On.

YOUTUBE No Shame(n): Jason Statham in The Shamen's video