It was a “Jackass” resolution.
Though most well-known for being the heavily-abused face of “Jackass,” Johnny Knoxville nearly by no means appeared on the enduring actuality present: Whereas filming the pilot, the actor and stuntman was supplied a job as a solid member on “Saturday Evening Reside,” which he fortunately rejected to proceed his work on the MTV comedy collection. Knoxville, 50, dropped the bombshell whereas selling “Jackass Ceaselessly” on the “Drew Barrymore Show.”
“I used to be actually honored that Lorne Michaels supplied me 5 minutes on the present every week to do what I do, movies and whatnot,” the Tennessee native informed Barrymore, 48, of the possibly career-making alternative. “And I had to decide on as a result of, one factor, I used to be occurring to a longtime present the place I’d have little management.”
The human crash check dummy defined that finally it got here all the way down to a selection between freedom and job safety.
“On the finish of the day it’s like, ‘Am I going to enter a state of affairs the place I’ve no management or am I going to guess on myself and guess on my associates, and go that path?’” he defined.
Knoxville stated he finally guess on the latter, which “may’ve been a catastrophe” however “fortunately it labored out.” Though he quipped, “some would argue it was nonetheless a catastrophe.”
“Jackass Ceaselessly” is at the moment taking part in in theaters nationwide, and is making a splash amongst audiences with critics scoring it 85% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Nevertheless, the flick was recently condemned by PETA, which accused the crew of abusing animals in a few of the stunts.
Together with Knoxville, the nostalgic spinoff stars Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Dave England and the present’s different founding fathers. Disgraced skater Bam Margera additionally makes a short cameo despite being fired from the film last year after allegedly violating their abstinence policy — for which he later sued Knoxville, “Jackass Ceaselessly” producer Spike Jonze and Paramount.
