Chris Hemsworth's genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease created speculations about his retirement
Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth, best known for playing Thor in MCU, recently cleared the air on rumours of his retirement from acting.
The actor’s genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease created speculations about his retirement. However, Chris denied rumours of his retirement.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor spoke
about his brief hiatus from the movies and revealed his plans of no
retirement anytime soon.
He said that the reports of his
retirement were over-dramatised. According to the Extraction actor, his
break from the films was not related to the health discoveries but was due
to some other reasons.
The actor explained the break from films
saying, “I wanted to be home with my family as I was exhausted.”
He opened up about his predisposition of Alzheimer’s disease
saying that the discovery made him realise, “None of us are invincible” and
“I need to experience the moment now and slow down.”
Thor actor
added that it got over-dramatised by the reports that he was retiring
because of the health discovery which isn’t the case.
He said, “I
didn’t want to hokey grab at empathy.”
Chris Hemsworth has played
the lead role in the action film Extraction 2, which is a sequel to
Extraction released in 2020.
He also opened up about returning
to Marvel and playing ‘Thor’ expressing his desire for the fifth installment
of Unpredictable. He confirmed that there are no official developments on
the project, yet.