in an interview with Vanity FairTor’s translator said that he has a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. A predisposition that he discovered after taking a genetic test during filming.
The news had the effect of an electric shock. Chris Hemsworth just revealed that he has an “eight to ten times higher risk” than average of developing Alzheimer’s disease. “I’m grateful that I learned it, because now I have a whole set of tools that allow me to prepare as well as possible,” the actor said in an interview. Vanity Fair .
In the video, Chris Hemsworth plays a tour guide for the Australian Tourism Board
If he still intends to play Thor in the movies, the 39-year-old Australian now wants to slow down. “It really sparked something in me,” she told the magazine. “And since we finished filming, I’ve been finishing up the things I signed up for. Then when I’m done promoting the show, I’ll go home and enjoy my free time and be with my kids and my wife (Married to actress Elsa Pataky, he is the father of three children, editor’s note)”
Genetic test
Chris Hemsworth made this discovery, he says, while filming his documentary series without borders airs on Disney+ from November 16. He explores different ways to keep his body healthy and as long as possible through six physical challenges.
After genetic testing, the Australian found he had two copies of the APOE4 gene. This significantly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive memory loss. And where one in four people in the world has one copy of the gene, only 2-3% of the population have two, like Chris Hemsworth. “It’s not a predisposing gene, but it’s a strong indication,” he told the magazine.
“Now that’s my excuse.”
However, despite the news, Liam Hemsworth’s brother has not lost a shred of self-deprecation. “I feel like my memory is fading. It’s a placebo effect, or it happens,” jokes Thor’s legendary interpreter. What is a journalist? Vanity Fair “Every time you forget something, you’re like, ‘Oh, no, that’s it?’ And the Australian actor concluded. “Yeah, that’s my excuse now.”
In the video: the trailer Thor: Love and thunder
Source: Le Figaro
