Chris Hemsworth is taking a ‘vacation’ from acting after wrapping up the press tour for his new Disney+ documentary series Limitless.
of 39 year old actor He told Vanity Fair he decided to take a break from his career to spend time with his family after filming the final episode of a series focused on mortality and death. He shares 20-year-old twin sons Tristan and Sasha with his wife of 46, Elsa Pataky.
“Doing an episode about death and facing my own mortality, I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m not ready to go yet,'” he said.
“I want to sit in this space with more tranquility and gratitude,” he continued.
“And you start talking about kids and families and you’re like, ‘Oh my god, they’re getting older and growing, and I keep slapping another movie over another. Before you know it, they’re 18.’ Being old and having left home, I missed the window.”
of from australia “It really triggered a little break in me, and since I finished the show, I’ve already completed what I was contracted to do.”
“I’m going home after this tour this week. I’m going to take a lot of time off and keep it simple. Be with the kids and be with your wife.”
In a six-part series, Hemsworth tests his physical and mental limits as he explores ways to combat aging and extend life.
While filming the show, Hemsworth learned that he was eight to ten times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than the average individual.
In the fifth episode, he meets Dr. Peter Attia, a gerontologist, and undergoes a battery of genetic tests.
“We’re doing all the blood tests we can get,” Attia told Hemsworth on the show. is.”
APOE4 is the gene with the strongest correlation to the development of . Alzheimer’s disease; However, not much is known about it.
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“The thought of not being able to remember the life I went through, my wife and children is probably my greatest fear. “Avengers” Star shared candidly in the episode.
Attia tells Hemsworth:
The “Extraction” actor also revealed that his grandfather was suffering from an illness. The children don’t even remember. It’s heartbreaking.”
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hemsworth said the revelation made a big difference in his life. Did.
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“No, if this motivates people to take better care of themselves and understand that there are steps you can take, I thought that would be great,” Hemsworth told the outlet.
“My concern was that I didn’t want to manipulate it, over-dramatize it, or make it some kind of corny grab for empathy or entertainment.
Caroline Thayer of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.