Sylvester Stallone quipped that actors should rely on stunt doubles for their riskier scenes to avoid a situation like he had several years ago.
The 77-year-old action star talked about some of his past injuries on the Paramount reality TV series “The Family Stallone.” He explained needing a seventh surgery due to injuries sustained from pro wrestling star “Stone Cold” Steve Austin while filming “The Expendables” in 2010, per TMZ.
“I did stupid stuff. I was directing ‘Expendables’ and like an idiot I’m doing take ten, take whatever, and I remember one slam and I could actually feel one ‘bang’. Steve knew,” Stallone explained. “I never recovered from Expendables 1. After that film, it was never physically the same. I’ve warned people — don’t do your own stunts.”
He continued with a joke, saying his next role might be playing Quasimodo in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
The incident led to the “Rocky” star needing to get a metal plate inserted into his neck. He later had to have spinal fusions and treatment for dislocated shoulders.
Stallone’s wife, Jennifer Flavin, said her husband tries to “mask the pain” and “pretend like it didn’t happen.”
“He doesn’t like people to know he’s had so many back surgeries. It’s very scary for our family every time Sly has to go through surgery, because you never know . . . no one knows,” she said.
The actor’s 21-year-old daughter also weighed in on the situation. “My whole childhood, he’s been in pain,” she said. “He did everything he could to push through the pain and be present but I couldn’t imagine every waking moment you are just hurting.”
This revelation comes just after Stallone said he had his daughters prepare for a move to New York City by training with Navy SEALS.
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“It was the hardest. It was about six hours we were in those woods,” his daughter Sistine said. “Sophia and I got our asses whooped by these guys. They were the real deal … And I’m not surprised my dad put us through something like this because our entire life we grew up with him doing these sort of military-esque, self-defense trainings.”