Chris Hemsworth Isn’t Planning On Taking On Many More Acting Roles After Receiving Health Warning, Source Says
03.04.2023 - 14:01
/ etcanada.com
Chris Hemsworth is looking to take on fewer acting roles after learning he’s at a high risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease later in life.
The Aussie star spoke to Vanity Fair about wanting to work less in November, and a source has now told Page Six that that’s definitely the plan.
Hemsworth has four upcoming projects; including reprising his “Thor” character in an upcoming “Avengers” flick, as well as an untitled Hulk Hogan biopic.
However, a source told the publication that once those films are done, “he doesn’t plan to take on many roles because of [learning about his high risk for] Alzheimer’s.”
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Despite not retiring, the insider said Hemsworth is heading in that direction.
Hemsworth learned he was at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s while previously filming his National Geographic and Disney+ docuseries, “Limitless”.
He knows it’s not a hard diagnosis, but told Vanity Fair of whether he finds himself working less now and being more choosy in the roles he takes on: “For sure. I felt like I’d been in a sprint for 10 years, and all these moments that were dream scenarios would fly by.
“Moments that I should have been stepping back and going, ‘Wow, this is incredible,’ I was inundated with other kinds of requests and asks and being pulled in different directions. [I was] not really kind of enjoying what was right in front of me.”
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Hemsworth added of whether his show played a role in this decision: “Doing an episode on death and facing your own mortality made me go, ‘Oh God, I’m not ready to go yet.’ I want to sit and