Chris Hemsworth Takes Longevity Mainstream in "Limitless"
Channel: Lifespan News
Date: 2021-11-21

Chris Hemsworth is starring in a new series from National Geographic about longevity called Limitless which is scheduled to stream on Disney+ in 2022. Is this a sign of longevity science becoming more mainstream?

The Limitless official trailer was released on National Geographic’s YouTube channel and also on Chris’ Instagram account where Chris has over 51 million followers. The approximately 2.6 million views currently on this Instagram video is incredible for growing longevity awareness but it’s still reasonable to believe that Limitless may soon reach tens of millions of eyeballs or eventually maybe hundreds of millions if Limitless is successful and gets picked up for more episodes.

While many celebrities are even more intriguing for appearing to age slower than most of us like Tom Cruise, Paul Rudd, Gabrielle Union and Keanu Reeves, just to name a few, I don’t know of anything these celebrities are doing to help advance longevity science for humanity like Chris is now doing by starring in Limitless. But I’ve seen another celebrity who’s recently shown an interest in longevity science. The Netflix series “Down to Earth with Zac Efron” didn’t focus specifically on longevity, but episode 4 on Sardinia did. “On an Island that boasts a notable number of centenarians, Zac rethinks his view on nutrition as he ponders how the locals live such long, healthy lives.” Sardinia, Italy is one of the 5 famous Blue Zones where there’s a disproportionately high number of centenarians per capita compared to the rest of the world. According to Wikipedia, a second season of “Down to Earth with Zac Efron” filmed solely around Australia, is due to air in 2022.

It’s also interesting to note that Chris Hemsworth is most famous for playing Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU, which is owned by Disney. Many MCU storylines include life extension or immortality. Another MCU movie that’s still currently in theatres and became available streaming on Disney+ on November 12th, 2021 is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. While there are still some dystopian aspects of the MCU characters that have immortal powers, I feel like the MCU is giving a more favorable view of healthy life extension or immortality compared to most cinema historically which has a more negative or dystopian view on immortality in most storylines like the 2013 blockbuster Elysium starring Matt Damon. Elysium clearly sends a message that curing all injuries and diseases is not possible for all people and only the rich will benefit which is obviously dystopian and not something we at Lifespan News advocate or think is a likely scenario.

Whether or not you’re personally influenced by big celebrities, clearly celebrities yield great influence. So it’s exciting that a show like Limitless got greenlit and I hope that this is just the beginning for more longevity content on big platforms like Disney+ starring huge celebrities like Chris Hemsworth. Let ’s hope the longevity science in Limitless is accurate. We briefly see Medical Doctor and popular longevity influencer Peter Attia in this trailer so that’s a great sign!

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