Here's why it's a no-brainer. Knoxville's most notable success was in 's "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. The film was the first of Knoxville's projects to earn an Oscar nomination, with head makeup artist Stephen Prouty being nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Not all of Knoxville's films since "Jackass 3D" have been critical pans, however.
He also had a small role in the independent horror "We Summon the Darkness," which also received praise from critics. Though Knoxville has spent much of his career acting and producing in both film and television, his true passion is clear: crazy stunts. Unfortunately, youth doesn't last forever, and with Knoxville turning 50 this past March, he admitted it was time to slow things down a bit. Knoxville and Steve-O have both confirmed that this would be the last film in the series, with the risk of serious injury being too high to continue.
In fact, the final "Jackass" almost was the end of Knoxville himself. The actor landed in the hospital multiple times during filming, giving himself a broken rib, a broken wrist, a concussion, and a hemorrhage on his brain during a run in with a bull. While "Jackass Forever" might be Knoxville's final film with his old crew, it probably won't be the last we see of the stuntman.
At only 50, Knoxville still has years of creative energy in him, and with "Jackass Forever" setting itself up for success with fans, chances are studios will want more out of him sooner rather than later. Follow along with Jake Yoder's work on Twitter jakeywakeyy. To get it done, Knoxville says, they insured it stunt by stunt.
What a ridiculous feeling. What a silly film to be number one. By , when Jackass 3D more than doubled that figure, the Jackass -ification of pop culture was more or less complete.
If the money changed the guys, they didn't show it. And they all had black eyes. I of course wondered why they had black eyes, and they explained that they had to take their lot ID photos—the little card that gets you onto the production lot—and they wanted to make sure they had black eyes for their pictures.
So they punched each other in the face. For an ID! This is not part of the movie or the show. This is just three crazy people. This past spring, Knoxville celebrated his 50th birthday at his home in L. It was a low-key day, spent with his wife, Naomi, and their two children, Rocko and Arlo. Madison, his adult daughter with his first wife, lives in Austin.
Naomi whipped up a playlist of their favorite songs, heavy on Willie Nelson. They all ate out on the patio, near the pool they'd made happy use of during the pandemic summer. This is the Knoxville his friends, most of whom call him P. He surfs. He is notably attentive to the physical safety of his children. He is diligent about sending gifts. Lately, Knoxville has been spending much of his time in his office, where he's been working on finishing the movie.
The workspace features photos of his heroes, Evel Knievel and Hunter S. He met Thompson once, years back. At the time, Knoxville was fresh off the success of the first Jackass film; a few producers thought they'd turn him into the next great American movie star. It was a heady time to be Johnny Knoxville. Temptation abounded. His first marriage ended. A new relationship with an old friend straightened him out. At first. Then it was for myself too.
There were limits: He told her he wasn't interested in exploring the part of him that wanted to do stunts. It wasn't just about jeopardizing his livelihood, he explained. It's something that I did with my friends. And I was decent at it.
Or when you come to. Other members of the cast had more trouble adjusting to fame. Steve-O very publicly battled drug addiction. In recent years worrying signs have come from Bam Margera, who has entered and exited rehab a number of times.
Cast member Ryan Dunn died in in a drunk-driving accident. Watching his friends struggle has been immensely challenging for Knoxville. And it was tough when Steve-O was going off the rails. But he has completely, completely turned his life around and is doing just—I mean, he's doing terrific. He's a different, different man. I asked if he ever felt that the show, or the lifestyle around it, was responsible for exacerbating his friends' struggles.
And at the end of the day, that person has to want help. Sometimes they don't. I think that's all I really want to say about it. Last year, shortly before Christmas, as filming was winding down, Knoxville and the crew drove out to the ranch of longtime Hollywood bull wrangler Gary Leffew.
Knoxville has a long, painful, and unusually intimate history with the animals—he started doing stunts with them back in the Big Brother days, and they've featured heavily in many of his most iconic Jackass stunts. So it stood to reason that he wouldn't limp off into the sunset without one last appointment with a bull. They hate anything that moves. If you're moving, they get very angry. And whether you're a person or an inanimate object, if it moves, bulls want to make it stop moving.
Which is great for us. Steve-O tried to object. We arguably have a great movie in the can. We don't need to be doing this, and why the fuck are we doing this? The bit they'd worked out called for Knoxville to perform a magic trick for the bull, which would then send him flying. But the hit the animal delivered was unusually violent, and as Knoxville was tossed skyward, he did one and a half rotations in the air.
Knoxville lay in the dirt, unconscious in the bullring for over a minute. When Knoxville came to, he asked what had happened. The assembled crew filled him in. An ambulance ferried him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a broken rib, a broken wrist, a concussion, and a hemorrhage on his brain.
While he was laid up, his phone beeped with a text message from Steve-O, addressed to Knoxville and sent to the whole cast. It was a sort of love letter:. Knox, while it's actually happening, watching you play with bulls and yaks has always been my very least favorite part of this thing called Jackass.
He played a two-headed alien in Men in Black II. He also starred in the movie Lords of Dogtown as "Topper Burks", made a minor appearance in the movie Coyote Ugly , and was featured as a guest voice on an episode of King of the Hill.
Knoxville appeared as a supporting character to The Rock in the remake of Walking Tall. He also guest-starred on the pilot of the show Unhitched. Knoxville is slated to appear in the John Madden-directed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, Killshot. Knoxville has one daughter named Madison, he has a heart tattoo on his chest with her name on it. She can be seen in the credits for Jackass Number Two. On February 1, , Knoxville and his wife of twelve years, Melanie, filed for legal separation.
Shortly afterwards, they filed for divorce in July They were married on May 15, When he appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, he has said he has a girlfriend now. Her name is Naomi. On December 20th, a new baby boy named him Rocko was.
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