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Chris Hemsworth to take acting break after blood test health scare

Thor actor Chris Hemsworth has said he wants to take a break to spend more time with his family after discovering he is more likely to develop a serious health condition. The 39-year-old is on the face of it a perfectly healthy specimen - but while filming the Disney+ docu-series Limitless made a sobering discovery.

He found out he is genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s - and being forced to confront the fear of death on the show made him re-evaluate. Speaking about the episode, the Hollywood star told Vanity Fair it’s now important he takes a break to be with his loved ones. He said: “Doing an episode on death and facing your own mortality made me go, ‘Oh God, I’m not ready to go yet’.

“I want to sit and be in this space with a greater sense of stillness and gratitude. And then you start talking about kids and family...", reports the Mirror.

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