Sylvester Stallone is telling actors that it might not be the best idea to do your own stunts. The action movie icon revealed during promoting for his reality show The Family Stallone that he underwent his seventh back surgery.
Caused by his work doing an Expendables fight scene where he fractured his neck, Stallone reveals to People that he’s cautioning actors to do wild stunt work.
“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 Austin knew,” says the actor. “I never recovered. After that film, it was never physically the same. So I warn people, ‘Don’t do your own stunts.'”
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One of the stars of The Family Stallone, Stallone’s daughter Scarlet, reveals: “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.”
The Family Stallone streams exclusively on Paramount+.
