Johnny Knoxville may have cornered the extreme stunts market, but he still pays homage to the original master, Evel Knievel.
So much so that Knoxville has concocted a few stunts he wishes he could have performed with the late daredevil, who died in 2007.
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“I don’t know if he had anyone hanging on to him on the back of a motorcycle. Or I would ride like Michelle Pfeiffer did in Grease 2 and face him while he was doing a jump,” Knoxville says. “But I don’t think Evel would think that was too funny. But it would be entertaining to watch.
Adds Knoxville, “Eye contact. One of his only stunts with eye contact.”
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Knoxville made his comments at The Hollywood Reporter‘s Sundance Lounge; he was in Park City to talk about his new documentary, Being Evel, directed by Daniel Junge. See more on the doc in the video above.
