TV Article Ed Helms on Running Wild with Bear Grylls: Actor rappels down a cliff By Marc Snetiker Marc Snetiker Marc Snetiker is a former senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2020. EW's editorial guidelines Published on July 30, 2015 12:00PM EDT Photo: Mark Challender/NBC At least, he thinks he’s rescuing him. When Vacation star Ed Helms joined nature conqueror Bear Grylls for a trip through the Colorado Mountains on NBC’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls, the actor froze up with fear while rappelling down a cliff — but that’s not to say Helms didn’t respond to the call of duty when he heard it, as shouted by Grylls from elsewhere in the woods. In this exclusive clip from the Monday’s episode of Running Wild, Helms rises to the occasion on his two-day adventure when he thinks Grylls is in peril. And, well, he is … sort of. The second season of NBC’s celebrity survivalist series has thus far given us Kate Winslet recreating her Titanic youth and Kate Hudson feasting on ants. Upcoming guests include Michelle Rodriguez, James Marsden, and Michael B. Jordan. •Video: Zac Efron goes shirtless in ‘Running Wild’ clip because, of course •Ben Stiller scales a wet rockface in ‘Running Wild with Bear Grylls’ •Kate Winslet recreates Titanic scene on the side of a cliff for Running Wild with Bear Grylls Close