Sylvester Stallone has always seemed like he’s indestructible, thanks in large part to the tough guy persona he has cultivated with iconic characters like Rocky Balboa and John Rambo. But tough guys get hurt too — even if they don’t like to show it. That is certainly true of Stallone, who has spoken about being injured on the set of “The Expendables,” but waited until 2024 to drop the bomb that he has had seven surgeries to try to heal the injury.
“He doesn’t like people to know he’s had so many back surgeries,” explained his wife, Jennifer Flavin, on “The Family Stallone” (via People). Stallone both directed and starred in “The Expendables,” a flick that assembled a bunch of aging action stars as a team of mercenaries. The film was successful enough that there have been four of them made, but it was during the first one in 2010 that Stallone suffered his debilitating injury.
The incident in question happened during a scene where he was tackled by WWE star Steve Austin, which Stallone has major regrets about. “After that film, it was never physically the same. So I warn people, ‘Don’t do your own stunts,'” he recalled. Stallone — who dislocated his shoulders and fractured his neck — has since undergone many surgeries, including one to insert a metal plate in his neck. He has also had multiple spinal fusions, a surgery that joins together vertebrae so they cannot move, thus easing pain in the neck and back.
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