Well, you can't crush puny humans all day without some down time... Statham and Ritchie hit up a real friendship, and that spawned a love of chess. While on the set of Revolver, the pair would play regularly, with both bullish about who was the true champion. Statham described Ritchie as 'probably the worst chess player in the world' and that the director still owes him money from all the games the star won. Whatever you think of it all, it would take a brave man to tell Statham he is wrong...
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