Curious if anyone knows. The last couple of movies I've seen him in, In the name of the King 2 & Battle of the Damned when he tries to run it's more of a hobble like his legs are really stiff. Is it just age ( I know plenty of people older than him that move a lot better ) or has he had an injury/ illness? He still seemed pretty flexible with some impressive kicks in Battle of the Damned.
shareHe broke his foot early during the filming of In the Name of the King 2.
shareHe's had a lot of back injuries on his latest movies. It could be something to do with his back, I also imagined him being more flexible due to his martial arts training and so on, but he seems really stiff on any fight scenes ever since a few years ago......
shareJeff Pruitt (the stunt coordinator and one of his teammates at the beginning):
Jeff: If you see the movie you may notice that for the first 10 minutes or so Dolph and I are jogging all over town. At the time his ankles were killing him from a previous movie and my knees were killing me. I just remember him looking at me and saying, “No need to sprint here. Just go slow.” And I thought, “Thank God he wants to jog slow because I couldn’t sprint right now if my life depended on it.”
http://www.budomate.com/jeff-pruitt-exclusive-interview/