Luke Goss plays Carl 'Luke' Lucas, the man who goes on to become Frankenstein.

Writer and producer Paul WS Anderson has said: "We thought it would be fun to go back and actually show the audience the creation of the Death Race."

"So the movie deals with the creation of the original Frankenstein which is the guy seen dying right at the start of the first movie. And we tell his story, how he started, how he became involved in the Death Race, and how he became horrendously disfigured."

Before he becomes a world famous Death Racer, Luke started out as a bank robber.

He finds himself banged up in a particularly unpleasant prison, where the officials decide to harness the inmates' anger for profit.

Goss (of Blade 2 and Hellboy 2 fame) is replacing Statham in the bald action hero quotient of the movie, and as well as putting the pedal to the metal, he also has to use his fists to survive.