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Man vs Wild drama: Will Ferrell rescues Bear Grylls

Jun 6, 2009, 8:01 GMT

05/30/2009 - Will Ferrell - Will Ferrell saved the life of adventurer Bear Grylls. © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

Will Ferrell saved the life of adventurer Bear Grylls.

The 'Anchorman' actor stopped the ex-SAS soldier from plummeting down an ice cliff to his death while the pair were filming a one-off episode of Bear's TV show 'Born Survivor' in Northern Sweden.

Will said: "There was a moment when we were going down the side of an ice cliff and Bear slipped and I was holding the rope. I literally had to sit there for 40 minutes while we worked out how to get him back up. That was pretty hard and cold!"

Despite the near-death incident, the Hollywood funnyman claims he had no hesitations about accepting the "weird" offer to appear on the program.

He explained: "I'm a big fan of the show. My name came up because they wanted to do a show with a celebrity and it was too weird to turn down. So there I was, 40 miles outside the Arctic Circle."

Previous episodes of 'Born Survivor' have seen Bear drink his own urine and sleep inside a dead camel.