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Podcast Notes: In Depth With Graham Bensinger - Dolph Lundgren on Steroids and Long-Term Regrets
Episode Overview
- Title: Dolph Lundgren on steroids, long-term regrets | Trending Now
- Description: Dolph Lundgren discusses risky stunts and his experiences with steroids throughout his career.
Key Themes and Discussions
Risk-Taking in Stunts
- Stunt Work in Early Career:
- Lundgren highlights the lack of visual effects in earlier films, emphasizing the necessity of performing stunts for real.
- Examples of risky stunts:
- High Fall: During *The Punisher*, Lundgren attempted a fall from 40-60 feet into a bag, resulting in a back injury.
- Jump from a Window: In *Masters of the Universe*, he jumped onto a flying disc with no boxes or safety measures in place.
- Motorcycle Transfer: In *Red Scorpion*, he jumped from a motorcycle to a jeep amidst real explosions and danger during the South African conflict.
Reflections on Stunt Decisions
- Lundgren expresses a mix of pride and regret regarding his stunt choices:
- Pride: He is glad he took risks that contributed to the authenticity of his roles.
- Regret: Acknowledges that he could have been more careful with his body, especially considering the physical toll it has taken over the years.
Physical Impact and Injuries
- Long-Term Injuries:
- Discusses an ankle injury from his military service that persisted throughout his career, leading to a recent ankle replacement surgery.
- Health Considerations:
- Lundgren reflects on advice from a military doctor warning him against sports and physical exertion.
Steroid Use and Health Implications
- Past Steroid Use:
- Lundgren admits to using steroids from the mid-80s to mid-90s, linking their use to certain physical roles.
- Discusses the potential connections between steroid use, testosterone therapy, and cancer, expressing concern over his health choices.
Personal Reflections
- Health and Self-Blame:
- He contemplates the reasons behind his health issues, including cancer, and acknowledges self-blame for past choices.
- Evolving Career:
- Mentions that he reduced steroid use as he moved away from roles that required him to frequently appear shirtless.
Conclusion Dolph Lundgren's candid reflections on his career highlight the physical risks actors take for authenticity, the long-term health impacts of those choices, and the complexities surrounding steroid use in the pursuit of success in Hollywood. His experiences serve as a cautionary tale about the importance of safety and self-care in high-risk professions.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VODolph Lundgren's Riskiest Stunts
0:14 to 1:10
Dolph shares thrilling stories about the dangerous stunts he performed in his films.
“Obviously, the body's taken a beating over the years, but the riskiest stunts in your mind that you've ever done?”
The Impact of Stunts on Health
1:10 to 3:00
Discussion on the long-term physical effects of performing risky stunts.
“I did one thing on Masters of the Universe where in the movie I go on this He-Man, my character, goes on this flying disc.”
Reflection on Steroids and Health
3:00 to 5:12
Dolph reflects on his use of steroids and their potential impact on his health.
“I wish I would have been a little more careful with my body because I took a lot of beatings, you know.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:01Happy Friday, everyone. It's Graham, and today we're going into the archives to bring you one of the most popular clips ever on our YouTube channel. The clip you're about to hear is trending on our Instagram right now. Hope you enjoy. This week, Dolph Lundgren. Obviously, the body's taken a beating over the years, but the riskiest stunts in your mind that you've ever done? Riskiest stunts? Well, yeah, so when I started in the business, there was no visual effects. There was nothing like that. You know, either you did it or your stunt man did it. If you had to fall out a window, somebody had to fall out a window.
0:42Somebody had to do it. It was either you, me, or my stunt double were a dummy. So I think the risky stuff I did, I tried a couple of high falls. One, I did a movie called The Punisher, and there was a scene which was cut out later, of course, when I did the high fall from 40, 50 feet, maybe 60 feet, something like that, into a bag. I hurt my back. I missed, kind of half missed the bag. I just did it because I was bored. I had nothing to do. I wanted to try it. Did that. I did one thing on Masters of the Universe where in the movie I go on this He-Man, my character, goes on this flying disc. And there's a scene where I'm in this building and I knock out the glass of a window with my sword, held to my sword, and I see the hovering disc.
1:34and I jump onto it. And as I go, I realize there are no boxes, there are no safety, they forgot that. So I get ice cold, I realize if I miss this, I'm done, right, I'm dead. And I somehow made it to this platform, and typical in those days, I didn't make a big deal, I guess I got a little pissed off, but somebody should have gotten fired, but they weren't. But the jump is real, and that was kind of scary. and then I did another transfer from the motorcycle to a jeep I mean to a jeep and red scorpion which those are tough yeah they're tough because you're on the motorcycle sidecar and then you got to jump to the to the truck and this South Africa of course there's no safety and they use a real dynamite for explosions in those days there was a war between South Africa and Cuba up in Angola so it was all real real troops and actually one of the our instructors had you know he got in a real shootout with terrorists and he still had dummy rounds and his gun from working with me on a Friday and on Saturday he's shoot up with some ANC terrorists but he's so cool he fires reloads the gun while that guy is trying to get his bead with an AK-47 and it kills him.
2:56Killed the guy and took his gun and showed it to us the next day. Are you glad you did all the stunts? Yeah, I'm kind of glad I did. I wish I would have been a little more careful with my body because I took a lot of beatings, you know. A lot of times I'd been out drinking and staying up all night and I'd still do a fight or do a fist fight that's, you know, three in the morning and minus 20 degrees in Montreal or something without a warm-up, throwing roundhouse kicks. Not the greatest for your hips, but, you know, I did it, so. The lasting impact on your body today is what? You know, the biggest injury I've had is my ankle, which I did in the Swedish military when I was 20 years old.
3:41I saw the picture you posted to that thing. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I did an ankle replacement here now just four or five months ago on my left ankle. But I've had that ankle all the way through the military and through all the movies. And the army doctor told, I remember he told me, he saw the X-Wing, he says, Lundgren, no more sports for you. You're done. And this is 1979. So he was a bit wrong. I mean, it lasted another 45 years. What about steroids? Steroids? Yeah, I tried steroids back in the 80s, 90s. I don't know if it has anything to do with cancer. Of course, it struck me as it could have had something to do with it.
4:27Is that something you've really thought about? I thought about it because you always think that you've made a mistake in your health. You know, health care, why you get cancer. Like, maybe it's only me, but you kind of blame yourself to some degree for it. But, you know, I think maybe testosterone, there's some connection to testosterone therapy and HGH, growth hormone therapy, and cancer. There's some people. But, you know, I was on steroids when I was younger and for a while. For how long? On and off maybe for 10 years maybe, between like mid-80s, Rocky, until about mid-90s, I would say. But depending on the kind of movie I made, if it was very physical, I mean, maybe I'd do more or, you know.
5:22But it wasn't like I was doing, I mean, I heard of the real bodybuilders, how much they do. Like testosterone, you can do 150 milligrams a week, and it's quite a bit. that's maybe what I would do but I hear guys are doing 1 ,000, 1 ,200 milligrams a week and anabolic steroids on top of it I just stopped doing it because it wasn't really I stopped doing movies where I took my shirt off in every scene Before you leave here's a quick shameless plug please follow us at Graham Bensinger on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram TikTok and Snapchat for tons of new content each week
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From the publisher
Swedish actor, filmmaker and martial artist Dolph Lundgren reveals instances throughout his illustrious career where he risked life and limb for his profession, including risky jumps without safety provisions and a decade of steroid use.
