10 Actors Who Destroyed Their Bodies To Bring Characters To Life

10. Sylvester Stallone Broke His Neck Battling 'Stone Cold' - The Expendables

Sylvester Stallone has put his body through the wringer on more than one occasion throughout his 50 year (!) acting career.

There was the time he broke his finger saving a penalty from Brazilian football legend Pele in Escape to Glory (1981) and that moment Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital with a swollen heart after thumping him in the chest filming Rocky IV (1985).

Thankfully, Stallone learnt from these various injuries and made sure he wasn't putting his body in this sort of danger as he entered his 60's...yeah, right!

At 63 years-young Sly found himself involved in a scrap with WWE legend 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin whilst filming the first Expendables (2010) movie. If that wasn't insane enough, the Rambo/Rocky actor decided to go all in during the scene and ended up with a hairline fracture to his neck for his troubles.

Speaking after the entire ordeal had gone down, Stallone said:

'I haven't told anyone this, but I had to have a very serious operation afterwards. I now have a metal plate in my neck.'

He may not be a spring 'Italian Stallion' anymore, but Stallone is still willing to put his body through hell in pursuit of realistic badassery.