Chris Hemsworth started "asking bigger questions" after suffering a health scare in 2022. The 39-year-old actor previously took a step back from his career after discovering that his risk of developing Alzheimer's is eight to ten times higher than the average person, and Chris admits that it led him to look at life through a different lens.
He told Entertainment Weekly: "It kind of slams you into the moment. 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. ' It was a positive in that sense, but it got a little overdramatised, like I was potentially retiring because of this thing.
Which just isn't the case. " Chris has relished spending time with his family over recent months. However, the Hollywood star remains enthusiastic about his work.
Chris - who has nine-year-old twins Sasha and Tristan, and India, 11, with his wife Elsa Pataky - said: "It's all about balance. "I realised how restorative and replenishing that time can be, but I also realised how much I need an outlet, too.