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He said: "My beach where we lived, directly out the front, someone got bit six to eight months ago. My love and obsession for surfing some days outweighs that kind of fear."

However, Hemsworth also said his attitude isn't based on common sense.

"It's probably naivety or stupidity on my part," he told channel The Project, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

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