Scott Pilgrim's Second Evil Ex Was Secretly Based on Jason Lee
A graphic novel that really plays up the idea that life is like a video game took the comic world by storm when Scott Pilgrimhit the shelves, featuring the adventures of the titular character fighting against his new girlfriend Ramona’s evil exes—one of which was a skater-sellout. This skater-sellout used his skills to become a movie and television star, and that guy was based on the real life star of My Name is Earl, Jason Lee.
Lucas Lee is the skateboarding ex-boyfriend of Ramona Flowers who Scott Pilgrim does battle with in Scott PilgrimVol. 2 by Bryan Lee O’Malley. Lucas was a movie and T.V. star who became famous because of his exceptional skating skills. Once the fame came pouring in, Lucas abandoned the idea of skating just to skate and effectively sold out with the rise of his stardom. Every element of the character described here is how O’Malley viewed Jason Lee while creating Scott Pilgrim, and in an interview, the creator fully admitted that to be the case.
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In an interview with O’Malley published by Wizard Universe, the Scott Pilgrimcreator explained that Lucas Lee was entirely based on actor Jason Lee, and even almost had the actor’s name in the graphic novel. “Lucas was originally going tobe Jason Lee, but I changed it because I was a little worried,'' said O’Malley in the interview. The writer/artist then went into why Jason Lee so heavily influenced the character Lucas, “My friend was a big skater, so we’d always talk about Jason Lee and how he’s a big sellout, even though we really liked him.”
While Jason Lee is perhaps best known for his starring role in the television series My Name is Earl, the actor rose to stardom through his
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