Sylvester Stallone recommends that actors should not do their own stunts, and this advice comes from personal experience from injuries that he sustained while shooting The Expendables, injuries that he’s never recovered from.
He offered the details on this during the Season 2 premiere of The Family Stallone. The stunt that went wrong for him, happened during a scene in which Stallone got tackled by co-star Steve Austin. Stallone walked away from that with dislocated shoulders and a fractured neck and he went through seven back surgeries after that and more to come. He had to get a metal plate inserted into his neck and also spinal fusions.
While talking about his need for another surgery, Stallone said: “I did stupid stuff. I was directing Expendables and, like an idiot, I’m doing take 10, take whatever, and I remember one slam and I could actually feel one bang. Steve knew.”
He added: “I never recovered from [Expendables]. After that film, it was never physically the same. So I warn people, ‘Don’t do your own stunts.’ ”
So, it makes complete sense why Stallone is telling other actors not to do their own stunts! I’d do the same thing after going through such a nightmarish experience. When talking about his injuries and surgeries, his wife, Jennifer Flavin, said: “He doesn’t like people to know he’s had so many back surgeries … I hope this is the one to help him live a more comfortable life.”
Stallone’s daughter Scarlet, added: “It’s really hard to see my father go through yet another painful operation. My whole childhood, he was in pain. 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.”
Those injuries have taken Stallone down a rough and painful road.
Via: People
