10 Actors Who Destroyed Themselves For Terrible Movies

All of the hours spent lifting and dieting, pushing themselves to the absolute physical limit with perilous stunts, or even submerging their figures underwater for a frankly ridiculous amount of time will never not be tough on the ol' body of an actor. But those sacrifices definitely feel a whole lot more worthwhile when an impressive finished product is waiting on the other side of all that gruelling work.

Unfortunately for this bunch of dedicated souls, though, that sadly wasn't ultimately the case.

Instead of breaking bones and severely bruising their bodies for a feature that eventually went on to captivate audiences the world over, earn the big bucks at the box office, or bask in widespread critical acclaim, these stars put it all on the line for some seriously underwhelming sequels, biopics, and reboots.

Again, no one can question the following names' evident commitment to their chosen art.

But whether they were putting their body through the absolute wringer on a daily basis just to get through that day's disappointing scenes, or just utterly wrecking their frames for the sake of an eventually misfiring picture they clearly had high hopes for, these actors learned the hard way that all the physical drive and devotion in the world still can't guarantee the final cut will be in any way successful.

There was definitely some fun to be had in the first outing for Sylvester Stallone's gang of all-star action heroes back in 2010. And the first Expendables sequel actually managed to bring in more money and stronger reviews than that initial showing of testosterone, too.

The Expendables 3, for a whole host of reasons, just didn't quite match the levels of glorious violence and charm of those first two entries, however, with the disappointing threequel also taking home the lowest box office haul of the bunch and a pitiful 31% on Rotten Tomatoes.

But it wasn't through a lack of commitment.

In fact, clearly feeling that the end product was worth risking it all for, leading man Sly actually broke his back in more ways than one trying to bring his Barney Ross back to screens for the third time.

According to the Rambo and Rocky star himself, a bad fall onto his back during Expendables 3's shoot ultimately resulted in him having "some metal put in there".

With the fourth entry in the franchise now finally wrapped and heading into theatres this September, here's hoping the ageing icons and newcomers were able to get through the typically gruelling experience in one piece this time around.