Most of us would call it a nightmare. Steve-O called it a dream. It was around 2009. Steve-O, the stuntman known for his work on the “J...
Most of us would call it a nightmare. Steve-O called it a dream.
It was around 2009. Steve-O, the stuntman known for his work on the “Jackass” TV show and movie series, was sleeping. In his sleeping mind, a vision appeared: “Jackass” director Jeff Tremaine stood before him. In Tremaine’s hand was a permanent marker, which he used to draw a dart board on Steve-O’s face. The rest of the cast watched expectantly.
“The implication in my dream was very clear,” Steve-O said. “They were about to openly throw darts in my face.”
Steve-O woke up. Then he had a thought few people would have, a thought that helps explain why he’s a good fit for “Jackass” in the first place:
“I was like, ‘Oh man, I have to do this.'”
The dream was the seed of “Fart Darts”, a segment of « The 3D moron(2010), the last time the “Jackass” gang reunited on the big screen. On February 4, the team – led, as always, by Johnny Knoxville – will return with “Jackass Forever”, which subjects the guys to new Rube Goldbergian stunts, pranks and torture devices. (Well, most guys: One of the original cast members, Bam Margera, was fired by Paramount in 2020 for breach of contract. Margera has since spoken out against her co-stars and sued a lawsuit for unfair dismissal.)
Knoxville said that this will be his last “Jackass”. Over the years, he and the rest of the band have developed soft (and, surely, tender) spots for standout stunts. In separate interviews, Knoxville, Steve-O, Tremaine and filmmaker Spike Jonze, who along with Knoxville and Tremaine created “Jackass” and produced the new film, each recalled one of their favorites.
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