7 surgeries! After this stunt, Sylvester Stallone “was never the same”

Sylvester Stallone injured during Consumables

Watching an action movie, we are often tempted to say to ourselves, “It’s just cinema.” Especially when you see actors exchanging jaw-dropping mandals. However, it’s not always just a joke. Jackie Chan, for example, is known for his stunts. And in the past there was a certain pleasure in watching his films to discover the lost scenes of filming in the credits. In his case it ended rather well. Even though the actor was yet to finish filming Jackie Chan in the Bronx (1995) with an ankle cast. But for someone like Sylvester Stalloneone waterfall in particular had serious consequences.

It is in the second season of the series The Stallone familydedicated to the actor and his loved ones, to whom the interpreter of Rambo told what happened to him during the filming ofConsumables (2010). In this first chapter of the famous action saga, Stallone plays Barney Ross, head of a special unit composed of, among others, Jason Statham, Jet Li and Dolph Lundgren. Their team is hired to eliminate General Garza in charge of Vilena Island. Among their opponents they will have to face the imposing Dan Paine, led by the former wrestler Steve Austin.

The aftermath of the fight with Steve Austin

It is precisely against the latter that Sylvester Stallone was injured during the filming ofConsumables. As he tells it in the show available on Paramount+ (comments broadcast by Expiration), during their confrontation, Sylvester Stallone was thrown against a stone wall. He was over 60 years old at the time, the actor found himself with dislocated shoulders and a broken neck.

I’ve done stupid things. Like with The Expendables, where I was an idiot. When we were maybe on the tenth trick, I remember we had to do a slam (a grip that consists of lifting and then throwing the opponent to the ground on his back, ed.), and I really heard a bang!

You can see a preview of the footage of the scene in question, and other parts of the film, in the video below:

Because of this accident, Sylvester Stallone had a metal plate placed in his neck and suffered spinal fusions. That is, the surgical fixation of the vertebral segments. He has suffered ever since seven surgeries to treat a back problem. The actor does not hide the fact that he now regrets having done this stunt himself, claiming that he didn’t do it.”never returned” of this incident. For this reason he advises actors to do so Don’t do your own stunts.

After this film, I have never been the same physically. That’s why I tell people, “Don’t do your own stunts.”

Besides Sylvester Stallone, we remember other stunts that didn’t go as planned. For example with Tom Cruise, injured on the set of Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018). While Russell Crowe said he broke both legs during filming Robin Hood (2010)!

Source: Cine Serie

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