Steve Austin Broke Sylvester Stallone's Neck

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 6th 2010 09:15AM

Sylvester Stallone got so into a fight scene with Steve Austin while shooting 'The Expendibles' last year that he broke his neck, resulting in "a very serious operation afterwards."

Speaking to FHM magazine, the 'Rocky' icon revealed how intense the shoot went: "Man, it was seven guys, kicking each other's ass, one guy tougher than the next. No joke, our stunt guys were begging for mercy. Actually, my fight with Stone Cold Steve Austin was so vicious that I ended up getting a hairline fracture in my neck. I'm not joking."

He added: "I haven't told anyone this, but I had to have a very serious operation after wards. I now have a metal plate in my neck."

The movie, which Sly scripted and directed, revolves around a group of old-fogey mercenaries on a mission to topple a foreign dictator. It features some of the biggest names in action, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willil, Mickey Rourke and Jet Li. The young pup in the flick is Jason Statham, 26 years Stallone's junior.

It also stars Brittany Murphy, who died in December.

Stallone told the magazine that his cast maintained high intensity throughout the making of the film, in theaters this August.

"Man, those guys were up for it. They got out of bed at 5.30am just to shoot a small five-minute scene," he said.

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Wednesday 06 January

By CowTV

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You mean to tell me that the Six Million Dollar Man broke Rocky's neck?

By john

Hey Stupids;;;he said Steve Austin, not Lee Majors.

By Cindy

uh...just so you braniac headline writers know...a hairline fracture is way different than a broken neck.

By Glenn

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Uh...being a physician, I can tell you that a fracture IS a break. A fracture is the medical term for a broken bone. A "hairline" fracture is a break of a bone where the bone pieces do not move apart from one another. So....lay off the "brainiac" headline writers - they got this one right.

By OU812?

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Hey Cindy, where did you go to MED-School at?? You callin people Brainiac's huh??? Seems that you are a very tempermental person...That would be 10% Temper and 90% MENTAL...Everyone is wrong and YOU are right huh??? Whos the Brainiac...What a DUNCE.

By da gman

wuss

By nherent

Boinic stregnth can make a man more powerful....we have the technology....we can rebuild him.

By david

STONE COLD steve austin the wrestler-- NOT the bionic man steve austin, goshhhhhhh...

By ev8sive

Steve Austin.. was a WWE wrestler. He is the star in the movie!!! Not Lee Majors who played Steve Austin the Bionic Man.

By kangaroo

boy its pretty rough at the senior center.

By fists002

Steve Austin??? "LOL" your either too young to know or to old to remember the difference between the two!

By craig

stone cold Steve Austin always been a jerk. He gives wrestling a bad name.

Thursday 07 January

By ranchero

WRESTLING A BAD NAME? HOW NOVEL!

By J

I get up 5:30 am every morning for 8 hours of work. Want to trade?

By kid salami

i gotta give props to my man deke desilva. Hes given us a great ride coupled with a lot of heart, many many times.thanks sly its been a lot of fun

By rsimraj

I don't see how anyone would ever want to be with Rosie! She is such a loser!!!!! r.s.

By MrOsha

Seven guys on each other's butt sounds a bit Gaye to me.

By MrsLipshyt

What woman would want to take the chance of getting a serious decease from these rebel rousing jokesters?

By Andi

IDIOTS!

Friday 11 February

By abdullh

Like you you enter into the mafia representative to represent almoghamarat let your mouth goodness in Cambodia-Los tslmli my love Sylvester freaky splendor

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