Get the latest gossip

Sylvester Stallone Says ‘Don’t Do Your Own Stunts’ After ‘Expendables’ Injury Led to Fractured Neck, Seven Back Surgeries: ‘I Never Recovered’


Sylvester Stallone says actors should not do their own stunts after he never recovered from an "Expendables" set injury.

It left Stallone with dislocated shoulders and a fractured neck that have since required seven back surgeries and counting over the years. Stallone’s wife, Jennifer Flavin, said it’s a “scary time” whenever the actor has to go in for surgery related to his “Expendables” injury and added: “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.” “The Expendables” franchise launched in 2010 with a movie directed and co-written by Stallone, who starred opposite a massive ensemble cast that included Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Terry Crews and Mickey Rourke, among many others.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Variety

Read more on:

Photo of Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Related news:

News photo

Sylvester Stallone Warns Other Actors Not to Do Own Stunts After Surgeries

News photo

Sylvester Stallone, 77, reveals he had SEVEN major surgeries after suffering a neck fracture on The Expendables after a fight scene with Steve Austin

News photo

Sylvester Stallone Jokes ‘Greed’ Inspired ‘The Family Stallone’ Season 2