- Mewes has been sued by a producer for going mum about his heroin habit -- Producer Craig Veytia is accusing Mewes of committing a noochie no-no by reneging on a deal to be featured in ROCK BOTTOM, a confessional documentary about his battles with sobriety. (July 2, 2003)
- Mewes will be the subject of an HBO documentary about his heroin addiction -- Mewes' personal manager is producing the show called ROCK BOTTOM and says he convinced Mewes to do the program so that people could have a better understanding of his life and drug addiction. (April 10, 2003)
- Mewes is facing a choice between drug-rehabilitation or a spell behind bars -- He appeared before a New Jersey judge who issued the stark choice, after giving himself up on Tuesday and pleading guilty to violating his probation stemming from a 1999 heroin conviction. (April 3, 2003)
- Mewes is alive and well, easing fears that he was dead - Mewes was reportedly on the run due to an arrest warrant that had been issued for him after he violated probation on a heroin conviction. (September 30, 2002)
- This actor from New Jersey is best known as the vocal half of the onscreen comedy duo of Jay and Silent Bob, immortalized by Kevin Smith's independent classic CLERKS (1994).
- The studio almost replaced him with Seth Green to play Jay in MALLRATS (1995). Kevin Smith insisted that Jason Mewes should play Jay, but the studio made Smith take auditions for the role. Breckin Meyer also auditioned for the role of Jay. In the end, all parties agreed that Jason Mewes was right for the part.
- CLERKS (1994): He was left off the cover and poster for because executives believed him to be too odd-looking for advertising.
Quotes- "I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too. I have like five boxes of toys up in my attic right now. When I moved to my mom's house, I had to put them up in the attic."
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