United Kingdom, Feb. 24 -- Chris Hemsworth regretted moving back to his native Australia after a spate of deadly shark attacks near his home.

The Thor star, 42, grew up Down Under but lived in the US for many years before moving back to Australia in 2015 with his wife Elsa Pataky and their children, but Chris has now admitted he thought he'd made a huge mistake after two surfers were killed by sharks just minutes away from his home in Byron Bay.

During an appearance on the SmartLess podcast, he explained: "When I first moved to Byron Bay, there was a string of shark attacks - two deaths, then one guy survived - in the space of two weeks. One out the front of my house and one 10 minutes south of me and [one] five minutes north. I was lik...