Jamie Dornan hospitalized with heart attack symptoms thanks to toxic caterpillars: ‘Very lucky’ to be alive

Jamie Dornan was hospitalized with “heart attack symptoms” during a vacation in Portugal, according to his friend Gordon Smart. 

The “Belfast” actor, 41, was on a boozy boys’ trip with “Good Morning Britain” presenter Smart and their other friends last year when they both fell mysteriously ill.

Recalling the incident on BBC’s “The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected” podcast, Smart revealed that they first thought they’d had too many drinks the night before — but the culprit turned out to be pine processionary caterpillars, which are toxic.

Smart said, “We had a great time the first day, played loads of golf, went out, lots of wine was drunk and then we got on to espresso martinis.”

But the next day, they were all, “Absolutely dreadful.”

Smart described his symptoms as, “Tingling in my left hand and then tickling in my left arm. I’m the son of a GP [doctor] and thought, ‘This is normally the sign of the start of a heart attack. Now, I’m a fairly healthy guy, but once you start thinking you’re having a heart attack, you’re pretty sure that you’re convincing yourself that you are having one.”