This past weekend I caught part of Steve-O: Demise and Rise on MTV, which documents Steve-O’s downward spiral into drug and alcohol addiction and subsequent intervention from the Jackass crew. It was sad to see one of the greatest actors of our time squandering all his skateboarding and rapping talent, but the whole time I kept thinking, “Please Steve-O, keep it together long enough to make Jackass Number Three… or at least another season of Wildboyz“. Fortunately he will live to huff nitrous oxide another day, but the truth is, a lot of his best buds have already started to move on without him.

Believe it or not, Steve-O’s Wildboyz partner Chris Pontius has just landed a pretty sweet gig that could possibly be his ticket to bigger and better things. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pontius will star in Sofia Coppola’s next film Somewhere. He will play Sammy, the best friend of Stephen Dorff’s character (and probably a party animal of some sort).

We all know that Johnny Knoxville’s post-Jackass career hasn’t been all that impressive, but could Chris Pontius be the first Jackass member to earn credibility as a real actor? He already had small roles in both Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and What We Do Is Secret. As unlikely as it might sound, Sofia Coppola has a proven knack for good casting… after all, she was the one who suggested Jason Schwartzman for the role of Max in Rushmore. What do you think, is this just a gimmick, or do some of these Jackass guys actually have talent?

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