Johnny Knoxville and his band of misfits have officially said goodbye to the iconic franchise with the release of jackass: best and last, but as it turns out, the idea for the final film actually came from Paramount Pictures.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone AU/NZ, director Jeff Tremaine revealed that he and Knoxville initially intended only to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the stunt show, but not with a feature film.
“It’s interesting because it sort of happened by accident. [Knoxville] and I were talking. And we started talking about what should we do for the 25th anniversary of Jackass. And we thought, well, let’s get Paramount to release all the movies together,” Tremaine said.
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“And I think it was someone over on their end that suggested, why don’t you make a greatest hits movie? We thought that’s a kind of weird, interesting idea, and then we decided, yeah, let’s go get the gang back together and shoot some.”
It was widely accepted that 2022’s Jackass Forever was the final hurrah for the famous MTV crew but Knoxville shared that he didn’t intend for it to end… only his nasty run with concussions.
“Well, it’s not that I couldn’t do stunts again, I just can’t get any more concussions. I’m over my limit,” he shared.
“So, yeah, we were just like I just avoid the stuff where I’ll get a concussion. And that’s what I did.
“It was weird. It was weird for me to do a film like that, and I think it was probably weird for the cast to see me not do the bigger stunts, but with that said, I think we got some great footage.”
Jackass: best and last is in cinemas now.