After finding that he had a hereditary tendency to Alzheimer’s disease, Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth, announced that he would take “time off” from performing. The Australian actor said that after filming an episode about death and mortality, he realized the value of sharing time with his family.
The actor is presently promoting his Disney+ docu-series “Limitless”. He wants to spend more time around his family, sitting and being grateful.
‘And then you start talking about kids and family and going, ‘Oh my God, they’re getting older, they’re growing up, and I keep slapping another movie on top of another movie.’
“Before you know it, they’re 18, and they’ve moved out of the house, and I missed the window. It triggered something in me to want to take some time off. And since we finished the show, I’ve been completing the things I was already contracted to do,” Hemsworth said.
The APOE4 gene, associated in research with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease, is present in two copies of the “Avengers” actor. He emphasized that it is not an official diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and that he is not sure if he contracted the illness, but it is nonetheless a reason for concern.
With his wife, model Elsa Pataky, the 39-year-old actor has a 10-year-old daughter named India and twin boys named Tristan and Sasha, who are eight years old. He declared that he would go home immediately after the “Limitless” press tour.
Hemsworth learned that he had an 8–10 times greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than the ordinary person when the show was being filmed.
“There was an intensity to navigating it. Most of us avoid speaking about death in the hope that we’ll somehow prevent it. We all have this belief that we’ll figure it out. Then, suddenly, some significant indicators point to this as the route which will happen, and the reality of it sinks in. Your mortality”, the Extraction actor said.
