Johnny Knoxville could have been main a success franchise, however the actor was deemed “uninsurable” as a result of intense stunts behind “Jackass.”
Throughout a current Self-importance Honest lie detector take a look at video, Knoxville was requested whether or not he’s an insurance coverage agent’s worst nightmare, to which he replied, “No, does that sound true?” As soon as the lie detector administer confirmed Knoxville had fibbed, he mentioned, “OK, you bought me, I’m.”
Knoxville continued, “On the finish of the ‘Jackass’ TV present, I feel, we misplaced all our insurance coverage. In order that wasn’t nice. I feel we had been uninsurable at that time.”
The “Reboot” actor has led the two-decade-long “Jackass” franchise since its MTV sequence beginnings, starring within the most recent film installment, “Jackass Forever,” final 12 months.
Knoxville told IndieWire in 2022 {that a} harmful stunt needed to be reduce from the Paramount film on account of insurance coverage points. “We did have one thing on this movie that we needed to do this we weren’t allowed to do as a result of it was going to be a $10 million deductible,” Knoxville mentioned. “I actually can’t inform you what it was. We could do it in the future. But it surely was a surgical procedure that nobody wants.”
He added, “My ache tolerance might be not that completely different from different folks. It’s my give-a-damn tolerance that’s so low. I do know we want footage and I’m not very in contact with my physique, so it really works very nicely collectively. The producer inside me all the time overrides the performer facet.”
