Johnny Knoxville spent twenty-two years being smacked by bulls and blasted with riot equipment before being thrown out by Butterbean. He is not interested in the WWE.
On Sunday, Knoxville will join the Royal Rumble, WWE’s annual showdown where 30 wrestlers compete for a spot in the main event of Wrestlemania. The 50-year-old “Jackass” star is only the second celeb to take part after Drew Carey entered — and then quickly exited — the match back in 2003.
Talking about the match, and his new movie “Jackass Forever,” Knoxville was filled with the trademark bravado that he’s always used to build anticipation for the inevitable, painful pratfalls of his stunts. He told an All-Pro NFL NFL player about his plans to get his body checked. “Don’t hit me with your purse,” and now he’s more than happy to trash the entire WWE roster.
“I’ve seen these so-called ‘superstars.’ They don’t impress me. I’m gonna fly them all out of the ring like paper airplanes,”He boasted of his ability to “I’ve been flippin’ truck tires over my fence. They’re about the size of Brock Lesnar.”
“Jackass Forever,” which will hit theaters Feb. 4, is both Knoxville’s return to the MTV series that made him famous and his farewell to his career as a living crash dummy. Knoxville has been leading a team of prank-loving pals around the world to perform a variety of wild stunts since 1998 when he tried pepper spray on himself. “Jackass”From 2000 to 2013, TV series, movies, and spinoffs.
Now, “Jackass Forever” sees him reunite not only with many of his original mates but with a new crew of ne’er-do-wells, all of whom grew up watching the series and have way fewer concussions and broken bones than the original crew. Interestingly, the film arrives as Paramount and ViacomCBS have been plumming MTV’s history for potential revivals, reuniting the original cast of “The Real World,”While rebooting series like “Yo! MTV Raps,” “Road Rules” “Unplugged”Paramount+ will release the following information.
Paramount could be in the process of preparing for the “Jackass”Newcomers to become the stars of their own streaming revival Knoxville, along with his musical inspiration and comedy inspiration, discussed the possibility. “Jackass”Cast, and deep friendships that have made this series so popular. The interview was edited lightly to ensure clarity.
In 2006, when “Jackass Number Two”When the news broke, your co-stars Steve-O (and Chris Pontius) were able to get in a WWE Ring. took quite a beating.Do you have any questions about the ring or how to get bumps?
I haven’t asked them a single thing! I’m not taking advice from those two after they got destroyed by Umaga. But it was funny. Umaga finished his finish to Steve O, and then he gets up and starts laughing. So Umaga gets back in there, and it’s just slam after slam after slam. He got a concussion from all that, but he’s very happy with the footage.
“Jackass”The chemistry between you and your castmates has been so important that it has depended on how well they got along. “Jackass Forever”You now have six new members. How did you ensure they were the right match? Is there chemistry? “Jackass”?
We were able to get along on a level with most of them because we knew them all. Also, before we even agreed to shoot the movie, Spike Jonze suggested that we do a two-day test to not only test the new people but to test the old guys too, just to see what it felt like to be filming again after all these years and to see if we’d get all sweaty. The whole test shoot was treated as if we were actually filming it. After an hour, it was clear that it would work.
DAre there any newcomers who have ideas or suggestions for the stunts in this film? Was there ever a time when the studio thought you were going too far?
Zach is my favorite. [Holmes]They came up with one. Everyone did, I believe. Jeff [Tremaine, director]While I have a lot of the ideas, pretty much everyone contributes to them. It’s a real group process with the whole cast and crew getting involved. Fortunately, we didn’t get a lot of pushback, but there was one big stunt that we really wanted to do with Dave England that the studio told us would cost $8 million to insure. I don’t want to say what it is because I’m still hoping that one day we might be able to actually do it.
“Jackass Number Two”You are the end Recreate the famous house collapse from Buster Keaton’s “Steamboat Bill Jr.”Did Keaton influence you in your work? “Jackass,”Which other people in your life have influenced you the most?
My father is my greatest influence. He would just make fun of his employees at the tire company. My body has been greatly affected by cartoons. You’ve seen me do all these Wile E. Coyote gags and I’ve kinda proved in “Jackass” that you can’t do in real life what you can do in cartoons.
Keaton was also an influence. That gag was at the end of our film. I was actually really into Keaton when we shot it. “Jackass Number Two.” He really had an influence on everything we’ve done since then, as did Chaplin and Harold Lloyd and that entire era of silent comedy movies.
My musical side is also influenced by Johnny Cash. His rendition of “We’ll Meet Again”It is located in “Jackass Forever”trailer and you were Cash in an episode “Drunk History.”What is it that resonates so strongly with you about Cash?
I actually wore Cash’s boots that I got at an auction when I played him in “Drunk History.” I’m pretty sure the first time I heard him was in my dad’s truck. He played a lot Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Little Richard, and Waylon Jennings. They were his biggest musical heroes. While I was listening to anything when I was with mom, those were the artists I listened to most often while I was with my father. So I’ve always had an affinity for Johnny Cash, not just because he’s made such immortal music that is so truthful, but just that every time I hear him he always reminds me of my dad.
The trailer’s title is “Forever friends, forever Jackasses.” Looking back, do you think it’s that strong bond you have that is the reason people still love “Jackass”After all these years?
Oh, absolutely. Our friendship has endured and it has grown stronger as we have shared so many things together. I’ve seen a bunch of other shows try all these stunts and pranks and a lot of them just don’t replicate that. I think people keep coming back not just because of the crazy stunts but because everyone brings their own personality to them that’s really unique to “Jackass.”
Now that you’re done with stunts, are you thinking about continuing to do things with the other “Jackass”Guys in another capacity?
We’ll have to see on that. Because we had so much fun making this movie, I’m sure the guys would love to do it. But who knows? I don’t know if this is the last “Jackass”Or not. I’d be stepping aside if it goes on, but maybe the new guys can start a new series of “Jackass”The old men could also come in for a brief appearance. It could happen, or it might not. We aren’t good planners, which is the downside to being half-assed stuntmen.