Witness Jason Statham Oiled Up In A Video For 90s Ravers The Shamen

When you receive a particularly joyous gift, you must share it with the world – and the internet has thrown one of these up this very day.

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Behold, Jason Statham, oiled up to within an inch of his life, sporting a pair of leopard skin Speedos and vigorously writhing to The Shamen’s psychedelic rave anthem ‘Comin On’.

If you can make it past the toe-curling good vibes message from Mr C, you will be lavishly rewarded.

Then later on, during another sterling rap from Mr C, he appears multiplied by nine – yes, nine Stathams dancing, which if there’s any justice should become one of the verses of the 12 Days of Christmas.

He must have got a taste for such things, because not long after his gyrating debut for The Shamen, he appeared sprayed silver in a pair of eye-wateringly short shorts for the 1994 single by Erasure 'Run To The Sun’.

And in a strangely prescient instance, he also appeared – fully clothed this time – in the video for the Beautiful South’s cover of 'Dream A Little Dream’, much of the action occurring in a cinema as the rom-com French Kiss with Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan, which the song featured in, plays in the background.

Little could the young Statham know that one day, he himself would be looming large on a silver screen such as that.

Anyone with a passing knowledge of The Stath, currently villaining it up in ‘Fast & Furious 7′, will know that his journey to action stardom has taken a few unusual forks in the road.

For example, his appearances in this rash of music videos – and some of those pants might well have given him a rash – followed his previous incarnation as a competitive high diver.

He was a member of the National Diving Squad for 12 years, and competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Putting aside the diving to take up a career in modelling, he met Guy Ritchie while working for French Connection.

Casting him in 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’, the rest, as they say, is history.

However, rumours he always wears those leopard print pants from the Shamen video for good luck during auditions remain throughly unsubstantiated.

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