Sylvester Stallone - Sylvester Stallone Reflects On The Loss Of 'Expendables 2' Stuntman

13 August 2012
Sylvester Stallone

Picture: The funeral of Sage Stallone at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Brentwood. The son of actor Sylvester Stallone died last week, aged 36....

Sylvester Stallone Reflects On The Loss Of 'Expendables 2' Stuntman

'The Expendables 2' and its predecessor 'The Expendables' are in many ways supposed to be spoofs of the action film genre, with some of the most famous action stars of the past more than happy to send themselves up. However, that doesn't mean that the action itself isn't as intense as in any of Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jean Claude Van Damme et al's heyday; that fact was brought to startlingly bleak light with the death of a stuntman during the filming of 'The Expendables 2'.

The Bbc reports that Kun Liu was killed last October whilst filming in Bulgaria, whilst another performer, Nuo Sum, was seriously injured. Stallone has since been reflecting on the incident, and commented "The stunt team took it very, very hard and shut down for quite a while. It's happened twice before on films I've been on and it's never easy." That's somewhat of an understatement from Stallone, who is currently grieving the loss of his son Sage.

A statement at the time had read "Our hearts go out to the families and those on the production affected by this tragedy." It ultimately didn't stop the shooting of the film, however, and the countdown to its release is just a short time away. What it does go to show, though, is just how serious some of the stunts in such movies can be.


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