Actor Chris Hemsworth, known for giving life to Thor in the Marvel Universe movies, has announced a temporary pause in his career after discovering that he is at high risk of developing the terrible neurodegenerative disease known as Alzheimer's.
“He lives with the greatest feeling of gratitude and love towards live that you can. You don't know when your time will run out, you don't know what tomorrow holds for you... So live it to the fullest", are the words of Chris Hemsworth when, in an interview with the Magazine, he confesses that the discovery during the filming of "Limitless" about his chances of developing Alzheimer's has made him want to take a road stop.
A path that, hammer in hand, has led him to reap an extensive cinematographic career at the speed of thunder, and that goes back 39 years.
Christopher Hemsworth was born in Melbourne (Australia) on August 11, 1983. He is the son of Leonie van Os and Craig Hemsworth, and brother of fellow actors Luke and Liam Hemsworth.
Chris, the middle brother, has Irish and Dutch ancestry on his mother's side, while his father has inherited British and German blood. He grew up mainly between Melbourne and Bulman.
It was his older brother, Luk, who encouraged Christopher to try acting since he was not sure what to do. Both they and Liam made the two-hour drive from Phillip Island to Prahran for acting lessons from Louise Talmadge.
In fact, Talmadge revealed to TV Tonight that "the Hemsworth brothers had a natural talent for acting." In addition, she described the three as "very hard-working" and she does not hesitate to make her admiration clear.
"I never had to repeat things to them, they were always willing, they followed all the advice and took advantage of every opportunity with a professionalism that is not often seen at such a young age," said the instructor.
Thus, his first important role was in the series "Guinevere Jones" (2002) where he gave life to King Arthur. Later he had some episodic roles and in 2006 he competed in “Dancing with the Stars” alongside professional dancer Abbey Rose, placing fifth.
From this stage, his role from 2004 to 2007 he worked in the series "Home and Away" was relevant. There he worked with his first known girlfriend: the Australian actress Isabel Lucas, with whom he had a relationship between 2005 and 2008.
In 2007 he moved to Los Angeles, but he didn't make his film debut until 2009, in the movies “A Perfect Getaway” and “Star Trek”. A year later, in 2010, he worked on the films “Ca $ h” and “Ollie Klublershturf vs the Nazis”.
That same year he married the Spanish actress and model Elsa Pataky, with whom he has three children: the eldest, India (2012), and the twins Sasha and Tristan (2014). On life with his family in Australia, Hemsworth told the Daily Telegraph this year: “Life is sweet. It's great and I couldn't be happier."
But Chris Hemsworth's fame would explode, catapulting him as an international star when in 2011 he was chosen to give life to Thor, the god and superhero of the Marvel Universe in the franchise films.
For the role, Hemsworth had to follow a high-protein diet and intense training to build muscle: "I hadn't started lifting weights until then, it was all pretty new to me," he told Men's Health. actor, who until then had kept fit thanks to other sports such as boxing or Australian football.
Later, in an interview with The Telegraph, the actor was fed up with people only valuing his physique: "Bodybuilding is considered a superficial vanity, while if I gained a lot of weight in an unhealthy way or got extremely thin for a role, they would take me as a serious actor.”
Hemsworth explained that “training over 10 years is a full-time job. That and then a 12-hour day of shooting is a real grind”, comparing it to that of a “professional athlete”, although he admitted that “it's also incredibly rewarding”.
