Sylvester Stallone underwent 7 surgeries after Steve Austin body-slammed him on ‘Expendables’: ‘I never recovered’
nypost.comexpendable. Sylvester Stallone was forced to undergo seven major surgeries after he suffered a neck fracture while filming a fight scene with wrestler-turned-actor Steve Austin on the set of “The Expendables” in 2010. “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,” the “Rocky” alum, 77, recalled in his reality TV show, “The Family Stallone,” which is currently in its second season.“Steve knew,” added the “Rambo” star. “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.”According to the veteran actor, he required a metal plate to be inserted into his neck.
The actor also needed spinal fusions and treatment for dislocated shoulders.In a bizarre twist of fate while undergoing a few of his early procedures, Stallone was put in an adjacent hospital bed to fellow “Expendables” star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was also undergoing surgery for a shoulder injury.
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