Sylvester Stallone says he broke his neck at 21 but was too broke to get it fixed “I was doing a fight scene in Expendables with Steve Austin… So I go to the doctor. They go, ‘Oh, you broke your neck. Again.’ I go, ‘What do you mean, again?’ He goes, ‘Yeah, you have double autofusions.’ I didn’t realize that at the time” “I was doing a bench press when I was maybe 21, in a wrestler’s bridge, which means you’re putting all your weight on the back. It’s really ridiculous. And it snaps. And I think, ‘Oh, I just strained it a little bit.’ I couldn’t move my head” “So literally, for maybe five weeks, I take a towel, twist it, and walk around. Go buy some eggs, cottage cheese, come back, and then do the same thing. I didn’t realize I’d broken my back, but I couldn’t afford to have it fixed. So it autofuses… 17 degrees forward. So I’ve got to constantly go back”