Chris Hemsworth Almost Made An Awful Mistake With A Shark | HuffPost Entertainment

Chris Hemsworth said his swim with sharks almost took a dangerous turn before the camera crew intervened. (Watch the video below.)

Hemsworth was proudly describing some family motorcycle and fishing adventures on The Late Show Thursday when host Stephen Colbert asked him what was the most dangerous thing hed ever done for an adrenaline rush.

Hemsworth brought up his shark expedition for a documentary in 2021. It was going swimmingly no pun intended until he tried to play aquatic veterinarian.

The Thor star remembered doing as he was told at first, staying on the ocean floor when dozens of grey nurse sharks emerged from the darkness. They bumped him, he said, so he was close enough to notice that one of the sharks had a spear embedded in its side.

Should I grab it? Should I just pull it out like its a little toothpick? he recalled asking.

And I kind of went to [do it], and the camera guy starts doing this [frantic waving], and afterwards I went up and they said that theyre not man-eaters, but he would have ripped your arm off if you would have pulled that thing, Hemsworth said.

So, lucky lucky I have both arms.

Fast-forward to 4:40 for his sharks tale:

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