Chris Hemsworth has shared a glimpse into family life in Australia with wife Elsa Pataky and their three children.
The Marvel actor, 42, and the model, 49, share daughter India Rose, 13, and 11-year-old twin sons Sasha and Tristan.
The couple relocated from the US in 2015 and now live in Byron Bay, a laid-back surf town just south of Australia’s Gold Coast.
Speaking in a new interview, Chris and Elsa opened up about their relaxed lifestyle Down Under.
Chris told PEOPLE: ‘We got a big plot of land, a farm with horses, and our kids surf and fish and ride motorbikes all day.’
Elsa added that the lifestyle has been hugely beneficial for their family, saying: ‘It helps a lot, especially in the house with three kids.’
Chris Hemsworth has shared a glimpse into family life in Australia with wife Elsa Pataky and their three children
The Marvel actor, 42, and the model, 49, share daughter India Rose, 13, and 11-year-old twin sons Sasha and Tristan
Chris also explained that the move has helped him prioritise family time, adding: ‘I can focus on the more important things – I can hang out with my kids, I can hang with my wife, and we can go and have fun.’
It comes after the actor opened up on his recent documentary about his dad’s battle with Alzheimer’s, calling the ‘deeply personal’ experience a ‘love letter to my father’.
The Hollywood star released A Road Trip To Remember last year, which followed him and his father Craig, 70, revisiting his childhood homes across Australia, following Craig’s diagnosis with early-stage Alzheimer’s.
It came as a follow-up to his 2022 docuseries Limitless, where the actor learned he had two copies of the APOE4 gene – one from each parent – meaning he was eight to ten times more likely to develop the same disease.
Opening up about releasing the emotional and heartfelt documentary in a new interview with The Guardian, Chris admitted that he struggled with the idea of going public with his innermost feelings.
He said: ‘I wondered if I was letting people too far in. Are they no longer going to believe in the action star or the Marvel character? And do I want people to know my fears and insecurities to this level?’
But while it wasn’t easy, the Thor star sees the doc as one of the most important things he’s ever made, because of what it did for Craig.
‘It was so deeply personal. It was a love letter to my father,’ he said. ‘It empowered him for a period, and stimulated memories that were being taken away from him.’
Chris Hemsworth has opened up on his recent documentary about his dad’s battle with Alzheimer’s, calling the ‘deeply personal’ experience a ‘love letter to my father’ (pictured together)
The Hollywood star, 42, released A Road Trip To Remember last year, which followed him and his father Craig, 70, revisiting his childhood homes across Australia, following Craig’s diagnosis with early-stage Alzheimer’s (seen in doc)
While Chris said that following the film, he’s had people who also are battling Alzheimer’s tell him how they wanted their children to see it.
He explained that his dad’s diagnosis has also had a profound effect on his own mentality about his career, with the actor able to slow down, instead of feeling the pressure to constantly be working and making money like he used to.
‘My appetite for racing forward has really been reined in,’ he said. ‘I’ve become more aware of the fragility of things.
‘You start thinking, “My dad won’t be here for ever.” And my kids are now 11 and 13. Those nights where they’d fight over sleeping in our bed – suddenly they’re not happening any more.’
Last month, Chris became overwhelmed with emotion as he recalled the heartbreaking moment he found out that Craig had Alzheimer’s.
Speaking about his father’s disease, which has become more noticeable in the past two years, on Jay Shetty’s podcast On Purpose, he explained that it had been a ‘real shock to the system’ for his family.
But while it wasn’t easy, the Thor star sees the doc as one of the most important things he’s ever made, because of what it did for Craig (Craig seen with son Liam, wife Leonie and Chris)
Last month, Chris became overwhelmed with emotion as he recalled the heartbreaking moment he found out that Craig had Alzheimer’s (pictured)
‘I remember vividly that conversation of him sort of telling me not to be concerned about it,’ he said.
‘And then about two or three years later, my mom’s saying to me, “I think we’ve got to get dad checked because there’s these signs and things I’m concerned about.”
‘The obvious one’s memory and sort of slight mood changes and shifts and forgetfulness and so on. So he went and got tested and found out he had two copies of the APOE4 four, as did my mum.’
He continued: ‘So then by default, me, Luke and Liam all have two copies of APOE4. So this sort of anomaly of genetic combinations.
‘I was immediately hit with the reality of what that meant for him because I had just gone through, “Ah it’s a long way down the track, don’t worry, push it aside.”
‘Then all of a sudden it was right in front of us and, and it was confronting, but again, I think “We’ll figure it out mentality,” was still very prominent.
‘But then as it began to get worse it became a real sort of shaking into the moment and a real sort of shock to the system. Everything we thought was solid and true and consistent was gonna dramatically change and shift.’
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