Sylvester Stallone, an American actor, and filmmaker, is still healing from stunts he undertook while filming the 2010 action picture ‘The Expendables‘. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor just underwent his sixth back surgery due to injuries sustained on the production of the film set.
The actor revealed in an episode of his family’s reality show that he never physically healed after filming the 2010 film ‘Expendables.’
“There’s something romantic about doing your own stunts,” Stallone shared in the fourth episode of ‘The Family Stallone’ season two. “There’s something very unromantic about after doing your own stunts.”
Stallone said during the program that his discomfort stems from an incident in which he was body-slammed by his co-star, WWE icon Steve Austin, during a fight sequence in the first ‘Expendables’ film.
“I remember one slam, and I could feel one bang,” he said.
“I never recovered from Expendables 1,” Stallone continued. “After that film, it was literally physically never the same. So I warn people, don’t do your stunts.”
Later in the show, Stallone’s wife, Jennifer Flavin, discussed his seventh back operation, during which a doctor disclosed that his team would clean a huge herniated disc in his back.
“Sly tries to mask the pain, pretend like it didn’t happen,” said Stallone’s wife, Jennifer Flavin. “He doesn’t like people to know he’s had so many surgeries,” she added.
Stallone’s daughter, Sistine, added, “I think my whole childhood he was in pain. He did everything he could to push through the pain and be present.”
Flavin shared that she’s “never seen [Stallone] not in good spirits” ahead of an operation. “He has a great attitude,” she said, but “it’s very scary for our family” The episode ended with a successful operation. “I’m hoping this is the one to make him live a more comfortable life,” Flavin said, reported The Hollywood Reporter.