Donkey And Wildboyz Star Steve-O isn’t much of a video gamer, but he has appeared in a few games over the years. And according to the stunt performer and podcaster, he was paid pretty well to appear in NFL2K5. Meanwhile, his role in a Tony Hawk The game published by Activision was nowhere near as lucrative.
Steve-O rose to fame in 2000 after appearing in the hugely successful MTV television series Donkey. He later appeared in the Nature Doctor spin-off series Wildboyz alongside Chris Pontius and in numerous Donkey films. Today he has a popular podcast and a YouTube channel and has been sober for over a decade. But back at the peak Donkey-Mania – in the mid-2000s – Steve-O was offered several appearances in video games.
In a new video interview with GamespotSteve-O confessed that he thought games were a waste of time for a long time. But now he has come to terms with it and realized that everyone has their own way of having fun. In the interview he also revealed that he does not play many games (although he likes Angry Birds), although he has appeared in three different video games.
He first appeared in NFL2K5 in 2005, a popular football game from the PS2 era that was so good (and cheap) that it scared EA the NFL license exclusively for its Driving me crazy Franchise to avoid competition. According to Steve-O, he was paid “exactly $100,000” to appear as one of five celebrity coaches who could be challenged to a digital soccer game. The other celebs? Jamie Kennedy, David Arquette, Funkmaster Flex and Carmen Electra.
Steve-O was next seen in Tony Hawk’s Underground 2. While he was basically just a voice and a photo in NFL2K5In THUG2 He was a secret skater that you could find and unlock, with his own in-game character model, exclusive tricks, and even a unique mechanical bull that he used instead of a skateboard. Funnily enough, while he was a bigger part of THUG2Steve-O says Activision only paid him $5,000 for his appearance in the game.
Finally, in 2007 Steve-O appeared as one of the main characters in Jackass: The GameAccording to the stuntman, he had only played the game when Gamespot set up a PS2 and let him try it out during the interview. How much he was paid for his appearance, Jackass: The GameSteve-O does not say, but indicated that it was far less than NFL 2K5.
“Jackass was Really good at not paying us that much,” Steve-O explained.
.
