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Stephen Baldwin's time on the Fox actuality present Particular Forces: World's Hardest Take a look at was temporary however memorable.
The Typical Suspects actor achieved bodily feats that embrace leaping from a shifting boat onto a helicopter hovering above and pulling himself into it. And but, late within the debut episode, he withdrew from the competitors, through which celebrities try brutally bodily workout routines led by former United States Particular Forces operatives.
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Baldwin informed the on-set physician that he had "smashed my meniscus" and his again had so many knots that he couldn't flip his head. He mentioned he wanted to remain wholesome for upcoming tasks.
"The knee was [hurt in] the helicopter. However my rotator cuff on my proper facet, I believe was the push-ups," Baldwin solely tells Leisure Weekly a day after the collection debuted. "We did 150 push-ups the primary day. I used to be like, These guys are going to kill me."
The actor, 58, was the oldest solid member within the third season of the collection, which additionally options actress Denise Richards, former Bachelorette stars Trista Sutter and Ali Fedotowsky, podcaster and former youngster star Christy Carlson Romano, and plenty of former skilled athletes. However they are going to forge forward with out Baldwin, in addition to Richards and Fedotowsky, each of whom had their very own struggles on the collection.
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The daddy of Hailey Bieber says he wouldn't have lasted for much longer anyway.
"Effectively, I do know somewhat bit about what's arising, and I’m simply telling you," he notes, "I imply, I wouldn't have made it previous breakfast on day 2. I'm simply telling you proper now. Significantly. I don't know the way everyone else did it. I don't know the way … male, feminine … it doesn't matter. I imply, even in simply the emotional psychology of it…it's past anything on TV. That is actually the scariest present on the market to do."
These are sturdy phrases coming from Baldwin, who appeared on Movie star Worry Issue in 2002 and likes to skydive and race bikes. He's even educated twice with a marketing consultant for navy motion pictures reminiscent of Platoon.
Nonetheless, Baldwin says, the challenges on the present had been much more troublesome than they give the impression of being to viewers.
"It was method worse," he says. "It was method worse."
He's sorry that he couldn't spend extra time with the solid, who appeared to have change into tight-knit from the start.
"I wished to go on the market with everyone, particularly that Cam Newton," Baldwin says of the previous NFL quarterback. "He's loopy and enjoyable. However I can solely do it as long as I might come again dwelling and nonetheless be purposeful."
For one factor, he nonetheless has to complete this season of his podcast, One Bad Movie, through which he talks to friends reminiscent of Richards concerning the motion pictures they've accomplished which might be thought-about dangerous. His different friends have included Eric Roberts and Bronson Pinchot.
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"I needed to come again. I had extra work," Baldwin explains. "I'm producing a film in India later this 12 months, and I'm additionally on the brink of produce two different tasks, a sport present and another podcast."
See the celebrities who’re nonetheless competing on Particular Forces: World's Hardest Take a look at on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. PT on Fox.
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