Chris Hemsworth Is Taking a Break From Acting Due to Risk of Alzheimer's
“It really triggered something in me to want to take some time off,” said the actor.
Chris Hemsworth is reportedly taking a break from acting after finding out he has a higher risk than the average person of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
As reported by Vanity Fair, the Thor actor took genetic tests for the documentary series Limitless in which he explores how to age slower. The results showed that he has two copies of the gene APOE4 — one from his mother and the other from his father — which have been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s — defined as “a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life.”
“Yeah, they took all my bloodwork and did a bunch of tests and the plan was to on-camera tell me all the results and then talk about how you can improve this and that,” Hemsworth told the publication. “And Peter Attia, who is the longevity doctor in that episode, and overseeing a lot of the show, called [show creator] Darren [Aronofsky] and said, ‘I don’t want to tell him this on camera. We need to have an off-side conversation and see if he even wants this to be in the show.’ It was pretty shocking because he called me up and he told me.” He was told that he is eight to 10 times more likely to develop the disease due to the APOE4 gene.
The actor further shared, “It really 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. Now when I finish this tour this week, I’m going home and I’m going to have a good chunk of time off and just simplify. Be with the kids, be with my wife.”
You can head over to Vanity Fair to read the full interview.
