Chris Hemsworth, 39, is reportedly taking few Hollywood film roles after discovering he is genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s disease.
Even though, the Thor star isn’t planning on retiring anytime soon, but is slowing down after discovering he is genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s disease.
Hemsworth underwent blood tests, which revealed he is ‘between eight and 10 times’ more likely to develop Alzheimer’s
The Australian actor is among a small percentage of people with two copies of the gene APOE4 – which some studies have shown can be linked to the disease.
A source told Page Six his schedule is looking clear beyond these films.
‘He doesn’t plan to take on many roles because of [learning about his high risk for] Alzheimer’s,’ an insider told the publication.
The former Home and Away star told Vanity Fair in November he’s ‘not talking about retiring by any means,’ but taking ‘a more curated approach to things’.
In the same interview, Hemsworth disclosed he’s at higher risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease after filming a confronting episode about death for his Disney+ docuseries Limitless.
‘Yeah, there was an intensity to navigating it,’ he said. ‘Most of us, we like to avoid speaking about death in the hope that we’ll somehow avoid it.’
The former Home and Away star added: ‘We all have this belief that we’ll figure it out. Then to all of a sudden be told some big indicators are actually pointing to this as the route which is going to happen, the reality of it sinks in. Your own mortality.’
Hemsworth – who shares daughter India, 10, and twin sons Sacha and Tristan, eight, with wife Elsa Pataky – said the diagnosis and forgetting his family was his ‘biggest fear’.
‘The idea that I won’t be able to remember the life I’ve experienced, or my wife, my kids, is probably my biggest fear,’ he said.
