Chris Hemsworth discovered he’s at increased risk for Alzheimer’s while filming the National Geographic series Limitless.
While having bloodwork done for the show's fifth episode, the Marvel star discovered he had two copies of the APOE4 gene – something that can increase your odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease eight- to twelvefold, according to the Mayo Clinic.
He told Vanity Fair, “Most of us, we like to avoid speaking about death in the hope that we’ll somehow avoid it. We all have this belief that we’ll figure it out. Then to all of a sudden be told some big indicators are actually pointing to this as the route which is going to happen, the reality of it sinks in.”