Sylvester Stallone recalls stunt gone wrong on 'Expendables', says he underwent 7 surgeries during filming

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Sylvester Stallone revealed on the second season of 'The Family Stallone' that he was gearing up for his seventh back surgery, a consequence of a stunt gone wrong during the filming of the first 'Expendables' movie.

The 77-year-old actor said he sustained serious injuries on the set of the 2010 film during a fight scene when he was body-slammed during a fight scene by his co-actor, WWE legend Steve Austin, according to People.

Sylvester Stallone says he never was physically the same after 'Expendables'

In a 'The Family Stallone' episode that premiered on Wednesday, February 21, Stallone said, "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 knew,” he said of the incident which Stallone admitted that he "never recovered" from.

"I never recovered from [Expendables]. After that film, it was never physically the same. So I warn people, ‘Don’t do your own stunts,’" he said.

After Austin threw Stallone against a stone wall during a fight scene in the film, the actor's shoulders got dislocated and his neck was fractured, which resulted in the insertion of a metal plate into his neck and spinal fusions.

Sylvester Stallone's wife opens up about the 'scary time' the actor had to undergo multiple surgeries

On the Paramount+ reality series, Stallone's wife, Jennifer Flavin, said whenever the actor goes into surgery, it is a "scary time" for their family.

"He doesn’t like people to know he’s had so many back surgeries. It’s very scary for our family every time Sly has to go through surgery because you never know . . . no one knows," said Flavin, 55.

Speaking of the upcoming surgery, Stallone and Flavin's daughter Scarlet said, "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," she added.

Sylvester Stallone and his family plan to move to Florida

At the beginning of the show's season 2, the action star and his wife discussed their plans to move from Los Angeles to Florida as they informed their three daughters of the big decision.

"After long, hard consideration, your mother and I have decided, time to move on and leave the state of California permanently, and we’re going to go to Florida,” Stallone announced.

"I raised all three of our daughters in California. Everything’s a memory to me, memories of them not being there anymore,” Flavin said of her daughters Scarlet, 21, Sistine, 25, and Sophia, 27.

"So I needed a big change, and Sly went along with it," she added.