Jackass aired its first episode on April 12, 2000, and the world would never be the same. Created by Jeff Tremain,Johnny Knoxville, and Spike Jonze, a group of men put their bodies on the line and their morals to the side as they performed dangerous and hilarious self-injuring stunts and pranks. Bringing families and friends stogether for chaos, they released their first movie Jackass: The Movie in 2002 and twenty years later, their sixth movie, Jackass Forever is in theaters Friday, February 4th. Fans will laugh and maybe even cry as as Knoxville, Steve-O, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Preston Lacy,Chris Pontius,Dave England and more get back together with a little less hair to create magical mayhem. But they aren’t alone, because the franchise is introducing a new generation of Jackasses. HOLA! USA had the opportunity to talk to Knoxville, and Tremain, and Steve-O, Wee Man, and Pontius about the upcoming film where they put the danger aside and got a little deep about their friendship and, how the franchise has positively impacted their life.
We’re like beyond friends, we’re family. These guys are my brothers, and we’re stuck together... They’re thick and thin and if I’m ever bad, they never stay mad at me for long. [Pontius]
The movie was very nostalgic for me. So I’m gonna make you guys get a little deep with me. I would just love to hear each of you share a specific way that the other two men sitting next to you have positively impacted your life.
STEVE-O: I mean, shoot, these guys have just always been there for me, you know? Um, whenever I’ve reached out, they’ve been there for me and, and that’s a big deal. Um, so I can’t point to one specific time, but I’m just gonna say all the time.
So I loved the film, I even cried. Probably not what you guys were expecting, but it just took me right back to when I was watching you guys with my older brothers in like second grade. So it’s been a very positive journey for me watching you guys. So what was the best part about getting the band back together for Jackass Forever?
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE: Well, I think you maybe answered it. It’s just like getting the band back together and it’s like, we‘ve been friends for the cast and the crew for over 20 years and it’s like, not only that those relationships and endure, they‘ve gotten strong and it’s so much fun.
Who would you say is most in touch with their own mortality when it comes to stunts now?
JEFF TREMAINE: Luckily the group we assembled, I don’t know if anyone is really in touch with their mortality. Maybe Wee Man.
How would you say that this journey has positively impacted your life?
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE: God, it’s- I have great friends from it. We’ve managed to, you know, have so much success with it. But it’s the friendship endured. That’s the biggest thing, you know? And we love making people laugh.
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