Chris Hemsworth is a name that doesn’t need any introduction. The Australian actor started out with the Aussie television series ‘Home and Away’. He gained global recognition for Thor in films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) which established him as one of the world’s highest-paid actors.
The 39-year-old actor recently appeared in the National Geographic original series, Limitless with Chris Hemsworth.’ He said that he discovered that he had the APOE4 gene, which is linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Let’s find out in detail about this.
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Chris Hemsworth Is At The Risk Of Getting Alzheimers
Hemsworth is easily one of the fittest actors in Hollywood right now, with a body, most of us can only dream about. However, a recent revelation about him has shocked his fans.
The ‘Thor‘ actor recently appeared on the National Geographic original series, ‘Limitless with Chris Hemsworth.’ In an interview with Vanity Fair, he said that he is at risk of getting Alzheimer’s.
He stated that he discovered he has the APOE4 gene while filming the series, which is linked to an increased risk of the disease. “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. 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,” Hemsworth added.
Hemsworth Has Problematic Genes
After doing bloodwork for the show, the ‘Extraction‘ actor has two copies of the gene that increases the possibility of getting Alzheimer’s eight to 12 fold. “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“, he said.
“And Peter Attia, who is the longevity doctor in that episode, and overseeing a lot of the show, called Darren 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,” Hemsworth added.
“I hung up the phone and my parents were there, at the time. They were like, ‘What was that about?’” he recalled. “And I told them, and then they had a bunch of questions. I had a bunch of questions, but no one answered them.”
