A challenge on Bear Grylls show that caught Akshay Kumar ‘completely by surprise’

Bollywood superstar
Akshay Kumar will be part of  forthcoming
episode of Bear Grylls’s adventure show “Into The Wild With Bear Grylls”. The
actor shared a new teaser of the episode on his Instagram handle  in which he can seen engaged in an
interesting conversation before taking up the challenge
including trying out “elephant poop tea”.

“I knew there would be
stiff challenges prior to #IntoTheWildWithBearGrylls but @beargrylls completely
surprised me with the elephant poop tea. What a day! @discoverychannelin
@discoveryplusindia,” the actor captioned his post.

The video begins with the host introducing  the actor as someone who is “known for his action movies, the legendary Akshay Kumar”. To this, the actor responds, “I am a reel
hero, he is a real hero.”

The episode will stream
on Discovery+ app on September 11 and will also air on Discovery Channel on
September 14.

Previously, the
Bollywood actor shared a promotional video of the show on his Instagram account
.

“You thinking I
mad… but mad only going into the wild,” Akshay Kumar said in his post.

His episode has been
shot at the Bandipur forest in Karnataka in January this year.

Kumar will be the third
Indian to be on the show apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Superstar
Rajinikanth. The episode featuring PM Modi was shot at the Jim Corbett National
Park in Uttarakhand and was aired on August 12, 2019.