A lot of people in the acting business have found a comfortable niche – comedy, drama, horror, etc. Jason Statham found his niche in action movies. He’s often the dangerous, wild action star, and it turns out he picks his roles based on how fun the scenes will be to shoot.
He does all his own stunts, and despite a lot of producers not being a big fan of A-listers doing their own stunts, Statham has enough clout to force their hand. For movie after the movie we get to see his incredible abilities as a stuntman, with plenty of sweet fight scenes and big leaps, Statham impresses every time.
Karen Gillan
Yet another Marvel actress who has the red badge of courage (apologies to Stephen Crane) from her time in the series is Karen Gillan, who plays Nebula, the blue-skinned “sister” to Zoe Saldana's Gamora. Nebula does quite a lot, and Gillan trained to add her skills, but she couldn't do everything: for one stunt in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Gillan's unfortunate clumsiness kept her from doing a stunt where she jumped off a rock and twisted out of the way of a metal plate. Gillan didn't feel up to the task – she did give it a college try, but couldn't do it as well as the producers were hoping.
Charlize Theron
Gritty, fierce, and unbroken. They're all ways to describe Charlize Theron, and those terms came about because she doesn't let someone take her place when the stunts are in the script. From Mad Max: Fury Road to Atomic Blonde and plenty of other movies, Charlize Theron exhibits toughness and control over her character.
She's put in plenty of work learning how to fight and battle on-screen, as well as take a fall, a punch, and a crash. Alongside all her other acting accomplishments, this turns Charlize Theron into a truly formidable actress that will never back down from a wild scene.
Naomie Harris
Anybody who appears in a Bond film is going to need to put in the necessary work to make the action look real, and that includes Naomie Harris, who plays the most recent iteration of the classic Moneypenny character. Harris had three months of extensive training in shooting, fighting, and driving to prepare her for the role of Bond girl.
She did all of her own stunts in Skyfall, as well as a good deal of them in movies like Rampage and Black and Blue. The most difficult stunt she did, according to stunt coordinator Gary Powell, was driving, which required keeping close to the camera, hitting the right spots, and keeping her speed up.
Chris Evans
Few actors have such a superhero pedigree as Evans. From the Human Torch to Captain America as well as characters from other hero-centric stories, this Chris has to do plenty of stunt work. Evans's dedication to his craft has led to him putting on tons of muscle, and for all of his films as Captain America – beginning in 2011 with Captain America: First Avenger.
He does all sorts of stunts in all of the films he appears in, whether it's fighting against Red Skull and the Nazis or saving the entire universe from Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet.