United Kingdom, Aug. 6 -- Chris Hemsworth was banned from surfing a 40-foot wave for his new TV show over fears he would drown.

The actor has filmed a follow-up to his 2022 National Geographic series Limitless - titled Limitless: Live Better Now - in which he takes on challenges including learning drums to perform with Ed Sheeran at a concert, training with Special Forces in South Korea to tackle his back pain and climbing 600-foot dam in the Swiss Alps - and Chris has now revealed he initially wanted to include a surfing stunt but it was deemed too risky.

He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I was going to attempt to surf a 40-foot wave and train with big wave specialists, but we couldn't get it through the ranks.

"The risk assessment, ba...