He’s known for battling supervillains on screen.
But Hollywood superstar Chris Hemsworth faced a more down-to-earth challenge this week when he came face-to-face with a snake.
The Australian actor, 38, shared a video to Instagram on Wednesday of himself carrying a very large reptile around his neck.
Chris Hemsworth risked all this week when he let a snake wrap itself around his throat
Chris seemed unfazed as the snake tightened its lengthy body around his throat.
‘It’s got me, it’s got me,’ Chris joked in the clip while pulling a face, as the creature squirmed in his arms.
Meanwhile, a woman off-screen asked Chris: ‘Are you all right?’
Dressed in khaki baseball cap and a worn blue hoodie, Chris pretended to be struggling for breath in the video.
‘I’ve found the next UFC lightweight champ,’ Chris captioned the footage.
One fan wrote in the comments section, ‘Steve Irwin lives on,’ in reference to the late zookeeper and conservationist.
The Australian actor, 38, shared a video to Instagram on Wednesday of himself carrying a very large reptile around his neck
Chris seemed unfazed as the snake tightened its lengthy body around his throat
‘I’ve found the next UFC lightweight champ,’ Chris captioned the footage
‘Nice scarf, buds,’ another follower added.
Chris and his wife Elsa Pataky are known to keep snakes as pets at their $30million mansion in Byron Bay.
The high-profile couple swapped the bright lights of Hollywood for a more relaxed life in Australia in 2014.
Chris and his wife Elsa Pataky are known to keep snakes as pets at their $30million mansion in Byron Bay
