TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Actor, Chris Hemsworth plans to take a break from entertainment due to being diagnosed with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease. Casting of Thor will take some time after the series’ promotional tour No Limits with Chris Hemsworthhis new National Geographic show.

In the fifth episode of the series, Chris Hemsworth meets a doctor to undergo genetic testing and the predisposition is revealed. He has a normal risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease 8 to 10 times.

Originally scheduled, Chris Hemsworth would get his results live in front of the cameras and discuss the best course of action he could take to manage his genetic disease risk. However, the plan changed after the doctor saw the husband’s test results. Elsa Pataki this.

The doctor called showrunner Darren Aronofsky and said. “I don’t want to tell (Hemsworth) that on camera. We need to have an offside conversation and see if he even wants that on the show.”

“It was quite a shock because he called me and let me know,” the 39-year-old Australian actor said.

Doctors explained that Chris Hemsworth has two copies of the APOE4 gene, which he inherited from his father and mother. While a quarter of people have a copy, only 2-3% have it from both parents. Hemsworth’s maternal grandfather suffered Alzheimer’s.

(from right) Chris Hemsworth and his wife, Elsa Pataky, attend the Australian premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder, late June 2022. Photo: Instagram/@

“I’m not sure he really remembers much more and he jumps in and out of Dutch, which is his native language,” Chris Hemsworth said. “He will speak (in) Dutch and English, then mixed and maybe some other new words as well.”

Returning to his diagnosis, Chris Hemsworth admitted he had a lot of questions, but no one answered them. “I would have liked to have had more intense follow-ups because I didn’t really know what to think. I thought, ‘Should I be worried? Is it worrying? “, did he declare.

filming Unlimited not only led to Chris Hemsworth discovering his genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease, but also led to the actor meeting a death doula for the show’s final episode and coming to terms with the end of his life. He says all of these experiences inspired him to take a break from his acting career.

“Doing an episode about death and dealing with your own mortality made me go, ‘Oh my God, I’m not ready to go,'” she said. VanityFair. “I want to sit and be in this space with a greater sense of silence and gratitude.”

The father-of-three will soon finalize contractual matters related to the work he is required to do and then plans to take time off. “It really triggered something in me to want to take some time off,” he said. “Now when I’m done with this tour this week, I’ll go home and have a great time with the kids, with my wife.”

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