Three JACKASS Stunts Johnny Knoxville Did Were Cut From the Films

I’ve been watching Jackass since its early days on MTV. I’m a longtime fan of these guys, and I’m pretty stoked about the upcoming Jackass Forever.

It turns out that there are three stunts that were shot for the movies over the years that never ended up making it into the movies because they were too violent for Standards and Practices. All of those stunts involved Johnny Knoxville.

Steve-O and Wee Man recently appeared on an episode of "Truth or Dab" and while eating their hot wings, the host, Evans, asked if there are any Jackass stunts that have never been released and they shared the three stunts that sit on the cutting room floor.

One segment was called "Box Downstairs," and it involved Knoxville getting into a cardboard box and rolled down some stairs. Steve-O says:

"It was a great idea. He got in a box and tucked in some pillows around him, taped it up, and rolled it down a huge flight of cement stairs."

What’s fun about that is that my brothers and I used to do that as kids, and that’s one of the least dangerous things that we used to do!

In another segment, Knoxville also shot himself with a .38 caliber Smith and Wesson handgun. He shot himself in the chest and was wearing a bulletproof vest under his shirt. That’s something that I’d never do!

The third stunt involved Knoxville getting hit by a car. Steve-O said:

"There was also 'I'm Johnny Knoxville, and I'm gonna get hit by a car.' The car came flying, he hit the windshield and rolled over. They asked him 'what were you thinking when you got hit by the car?'"

Knoxville's answer to that question was, "I wore two pairs of jeans so I could be safe."

Now, I’ve been hit by a car twice in my life. Luckily, I wasn’t too badly injured either time. But yeah, that’s something I’d never want to do on purpose!