Bruce Dern Asked to Be in ‘Jackass Forever’

From his Oscar-nominated turns in “Coming Home” and “Nebraska” to his frequent collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, Bruce Dern has accomplished a lot in his six decade Hollywood career.

But one accomplishment has still evaded him: appearing in a “Jackass” movie.

As it turns out, the legendary actor recently tried to rectify that, reaching out to Johnny Knoxville about a potential cameo in the upcoming “Jackass Forever.”In an appearance on “The Howard Stern Show” this week, Knoxville told the shock jock that Dern’s representatives contacted him to express the “Nebraska” star’s interest in the “Jackass” franchise.

While Knoxville says he would have loved to cast Dern, the timing was unfortunately not right, as “Jackass Forever” had already wrapped production at the time.“Bruce Dern had contacted us — someone had contacted us [saying] ‘Bruce Dern wants to be in ‘Jackass.’ I — we would love Bruce Dern to be in ‘Jackass,

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