{"id":149654,"date":"2025-11-24T03:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/149654\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T03:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:43:05","slug":"chris-hemsworth-provides-update-on-health-alzheimers-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/149654\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hemsworth provides update on health, Alzheimer’s concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Geographic\u2019s new documentary, \u201cChris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember,\u201d <\/a>opens with the \u201cThor\u201d actor reflecting on a cherished childhood photo with his father in the Australian Outback.<\/p>\n

In the image, Hemsworth<\/a>\u2019s dad, Craig Hemsworth, stares at his golden-haired child with adoration and pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat tells me that that little boy is the only thing that exists in that moment,\u201d Chris Hemsworth<\/a> says in the documentary premiering on Nov. 23 (9 ET\/PT and streaming the following day on Disney+ and Hulu). And now it’s the actor\u2019s turn to give his father the same kind of loving, undivided attention. Craig has \u201cearly-stage Alzheimer’s, and there\u2019s definitely good days and bad days,\u201d Chris says. The duo embarked on a cross-country Australian road trip on motorbikes \u2013 making stops in their former homes of Melbourne and the Northern Territory \u2212 with hopes of strengthening Craig\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that revisiting past experiences by talking to someone about it,\u201d Dr. Suraj Samtani says in the film, \u201ceven using objects from the past or places from the past is a great way to boost our cognition.\u201d Dr. Samtani says revisiting memories can do for your mind what lifting muscles does for your brain.<\/p>\n

Chris Hemsworth gives an update on his health: \u2018I feel like it\u2019s too far off, hopefully\u2019<\/p>\n

In \u201cA Road Trip to Remember,\u201d Chris reveals how much he worries about his own health, since discovering during a 2022 episode of his docuseries “Limitless”<\/a> that he is genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has become a very prominent conversation in my world, because I also have two copies of the gene that puts me in a higher-risk category for Alzheimer’s,\u201d he says in the doc. \u201cBut it\u2019s not a problem at this point, and it may never be. So I\u2019m far more focused on my dad right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The star shares his intention to live in the moment with his mom, Leonie. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s too far off, hopefully,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019d rather just continue on with life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Hemsworth\u2019s childhood home is replicated with great detail<\/p>\n

The house in Melbourne, where Chris lived as a teenager, was overhauled by a dedicated art team to mirror how it looked in the 90s. There\u2019s an answering machine, vintage computer relying on dial-up internet and preserved VHS tapes which captured a younger Chris as a crocodile hunter in leg-baring khaki shorts.<\/p>\n

Chris and his dad are shocked by the jolt back in time. Craig repeatedly asks when Leonie will arrive, which concerns his son. \u201cI think I\u2019m struggling with wondering, \u2018Is this going to get better?\u2019\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Leonie also wonders what the future will bring. \u201cAs a partner, it\u2019s difficult because I want him to still be the person he was, and I want the relationship\u2212\u201d she says, before getting choked up. \u201cI want that relationship. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, and it can be quite terrifying to think where it\u2019s all going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Craig admits it felt \u201cstrange\u201d being in his former home redecorated for the exercise. At the same time, he says, \u201cIt\u2019s very satisfying recognizing stuff that I hadn\u2019t thought about for a long while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who aren\u2019t working with a film budget can still reap the benefits of this reminiscence therapy, Dr. Samtani says. \u201cIt can be as simple as listening to old songs together, looking at old photos together or playing home movies and enjoying them together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Geographic\u2019s new documentary, \u201cChris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember,\u201d opens with the \u201cThor\u201d actor reflecting on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[28268,37368,37366,565,9524,3555,437,972,458,890,91452,32097,555,4550,1549,1553,146,739,91453,6622,85,46,564,753,18330,740,750,43,420,573,562,6673,741,1943,38,411,6678,424],"class_list":["post-149654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-action","tag-action-u0026-adventure-films","tag-adventure","tag-affiliate","tag-alzheimers","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-arts","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-chris","tag-chris-hemsworth","tag-disease","tag-disney","tag-documentary","tag-documentary-films","tag-entertainment","tag-films","tag-hemsworth","tag-hulu","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-melbourne","tag-movie","tag-movie-reference","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-positive","tag-programs","tag-reference","tag-shows","tag-top-stories","tag-tv","tag-tv-shows-u0026-programs","tag-u0026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}