Florence Pugh's 'Adrenaline Junkie' Grandma Is 'Jealous' of Her Joining Bear Grylls' Show

Mar. 15, 2025

Florence Pugh’s love of adventure might be hereditary.

TheLittle Womenactress, 26, takes to the outdoors for an episode ofRunning Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge, and talks about her lifelong love for outside activities in a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE.

“My gran is a bit of an adrenaline junkie,” Pugh says casually in the clip. Grylls clarifies “your gran?” quickly adding, “I love it.”

Pugh explained they used to go climb in the mountains together. “We’d go climbing, and she still goes now,” Pugh says in the clip. “She’s 85. She goes climbing with her friends, and she’s very jealous that I’m here right now.”

Grylls asks if that’s where she gets her “adventurous spirit,” to which Pugh replies, “I reckon so.”

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“She wants to come,” Pugh says, explaining that her granny had asked for an invitation to their next adventure.

Pugh and Grylls are in the volcanic rainforests of Costa Rica, where theMidsommarstar learns how to traverse rapids, test river depth with a rope and rock, and avoid poisonous snakes and deep cliff edges. Crossing an alligator-infested swamp, they catch eel for dinner.

On day two, Pugh must test the depth of a waterfall pool before choosing to leap from a high cliff into a set of rapids below.

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Bear Grylls and Florence Pugh.Ben Simms/National Geographic

Other celebrity guests, including fellow Marvel stars Natalie Portman and Simu Liu, are featured on the new show. Each guest learns survival skills and is put to the test out in the wilderness.

Florence Pugh’s episode ofRunning Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challengeairs Monday, Aug. 15 at 9 p.m. ET on National Geographic and is available to stream on Disney+.

source: people.com