FILM · 2006
Jackass Number Two
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24 Interesting Facts About Jackass Number Two
Interesting Facts (18)
- #001
After being branded on his buttocks, Bam Margera actually developed an infection and had to be hospitalized.
- #002
Steve-O promised the Jackass crew that he would not use drugs during the making of the film. He stayed sober throughout the entire film and even shortly after its release, but eventually relapsed. He would finally quit drugs again in 2008 and remain sober from that point on.
- #003
In the scene where Chris Pontius drinks horse semen, the producers had to censor that he was actually drinking semen to avoid an NC-17 rating, as it was considered a "pornographic" act.
- #004
Johnny Knoxville passed out four times while filming the movie.
- #005
During the big finale, when Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn were swept off their feet by a running horse, Dunn was injured in the shoulder and eventually developed a blood clot. Because of the clot's proximity to Dunn's heart and brain, it began to pose a life-threatening risk and required extensive treatment to be kept under control. Shortly afterward, Dunn contracted Lyme disease. These two dangerous conditions caused him to fall into a deep depression that lasted about a year, during which he cut off all contact with his friends and avoided his fans' attention.
- #006
The fire hose rodeo stunt was supposed to involve more of the Jackass crew, but it was ultimately decided to leave Dave England as the sole participant because they found it funny enough to cause him an injury.
- #007
Special care was taken so that fans of the film and the series would not know where the stunts were being filmed, for fear that they would try to intervene.
- #008
During the "Big Ending" scene, Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña and Preston Lacy jumping off the ramp was initially not very impressive, as the two slid off immediately at the end of the slide, so the crew greased it; everyone on the cast immediately realized that the stunt had become much more dangerous and that they would now go much farther than expected. The pair then flew 20 feet through the air, Preston broke the camera stand with his head and was knocked out.
- #009
Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville began planning Jackass Number Two while Knoxville was guesting on Wildboyz.
- #010
According to Steve-O on the Wild Ride Podcast episode with Bam Margera, Mike Tyson was supposed to be on the other side of the wall in the Valentine's Day segment, but they couldn't get him at the time.
- #011
Ehren McGhehey broke his left pinky finger on the Medicine Ball Dodge Ball hit.
- #012
Initially there was going to be no more Jackass project after Jackass: The Movie (2002), and Jeff Tremaine was going to work on other projects. However, when Knoxville continued to make guest appearances on Wildboyz (2003), Tremaine approached him and asked if he wanted to make another Jackass film and keep things going.
- #013
On Instagram, Steve-O confirmed that "Fart Mask" was the most disgusting and bizarre thing he did in the Jackass films.
- #014
Steve-O said that he didn't smell anything during the Fart Mask, but that the thought of it made him vomit.
- #015
Scenes shot for the film but not shown, along with DVD extras or Jackass 2.5 (2007) or DVD extras, include: Don Vito having his tooth pulled by Bam Margera's Lamborghini; Vito, Bam, Phil Margera, Preston Lacy and Brandon DiCamillo as the spheres of a life-size Newton's Cradle; Bam throwing meatballs at Vito's face; a SWAT team waking Johnny Knoxville by blowing the door of his motel room off its hinges; Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña dressed as a baby and placed in a box to be sent by mail; Steve-O riding a unicycle over hot coals; Bam, after tying a bunch of balloons to himself, shooting the balloons with a shotgun and slowly descending to the lake below; Dico acting as a butcher dealing with unsuspecting customers; and Bam, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Chris Pontius and Dave England trying to light farts underwater.
- #016
The first shot of Steve-O emerging from the water while standing in the giant ring, before the fire is lit, is actually a clip of him entering the water played in reverse.
- #017
The electric stool in the card-throwing device actually belonged to Jim Karol, who suggested bringing it along.
- #018
Steve-O was originally supposed to do "The Brand" bit, but just before it was filmed his nitrous oxide level rose and he was unable to do it, so Bam Margera did it instead.
Production Story (1)
- #019
A planned but cancelled segment had Preston Lacy getting liposuction. They were then going to cook a ham and cheese sandwich in the removed fat, and Preston would eat it and get fat again. A somewhat similar idea appeared in the film Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (2006).
Behind the Scenes (2)
- #020
In the trailer, a clip of Don Vito from Viva la Bam (2003) in the role of Don Vito can be seen in a stunt in which Bam Margera's Lamborghini tooth is pulled. This stunt was later redone for Jackass 3D (2010) with Ehren McGhehey in place of Don Vito.
- #021
The "Puppet Show" segment was the first thing shot during principal photography on Jackass Number Two.
Easter Eggs & References (2)
- #022
A month before the film's release, all scenes featuring Don Vito were cut from the film because Vito had been arrested for sexual assault. On the Drilled with Dr. Brady podcast, Steve-O mentioned that Vito was digitally removed from all footage in which he appeared in the background. Vito appeared in at least two completely removed stunts, the original Lamborghini Tooth Pull and Human Newton's Cradle. He also appeared in the background when Ryan Dunn was launched in a shopping cart toward a garage door.
- #023
After one of the stuntmen, Ryan Dunn makes a comment about a broken tailbone, referring to Bam Margera breaking his tailbone on the show.
Deeper Meaning (1)
- #024
Johnny Knoxville would spend 3 hours doing makeup to become "Irving Zisman", the Bad Grandpa.
Sources & editorial notes
Reference databases
- IMDb
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