Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away (2004–07) before beginning a film career in Hollywood by taking on parts in the science fiction film Star Trek (2009) and the thriller A Perfect Getaway (2009).
Hemsworth went on to star in the fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), the war film Red Dawn (2012), the action thriller Blackhat (2015), the biographical thriller In the Heart of the Sea (2015), the comedy Ghostbusters (2016), and the Men in Black film series spin-off Men in Black: International (2019). His most critically acclaimed roles include the comedy horror The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and the biographical sports film Rush (2013), in which he portrayed James Hunt.
Chris Hemsworth Pushes Back On Claims He Was Planning To Retire For Health Reasons: ‘It Got A Little Over-Dramatized’
etcanada.comChris Hemsworth isn’t going anywhere. In Entertainment Weekly‘s new cover story, the “Extraction 2” star pushes back on reports that he claimed he would be retiring after taking a break from acting.
The break had come after Hemsworth had learned, while filming the docuseries “Limitless”, that he has a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease. READ MORE: Chris Hemsworth Admits He’s A Massive Ed Sheeran Fan After Attending Three Concerts But speaking with EW, he explained that the brief hiatus he took was because he was “exhausted, and I wanted to be home with my family.” He added that he believes that mistaken reports of an impending retirement came about over confusion of his acting break coming at the same time as the “Limitless” debut. “It was interesting, because those two headlines got coupled together, that I was taking time off because of the genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s,” he said. “That experience and that show [‘Limitless’] made me go, ‘Oh wow, none of us are invincible.’ It kind of slams you into the moment,” Hemsworth continued. “You start asking bigger questions, and you think, ‘I need to slow down and just experience this moment now and not have the years race by.’ ” He went on, “It was a positive in that sense, but it got a little over-dramatized, like I was potentially retiring because of this thing.
Which just isn’t the case.” READ MORE: Chris Hemsworth On How He Mentally Prepped To Be Set On Fire For ‘Extraction 2’ Stunt: ‘What The Hell Are We Doing?’ Hemsworth added, “I realized how restorative and replenishing that time can be, but I also realized how much I need an outlet too.
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