Darren Aronofsky explains how Limitless with Chris Hemsworth challenges aging - Digital Trends

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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is getting plentifulness of attraction these days for his caller movie The Whale, but helium has different high-profile task that’s besides generating buzz for precise antithetic reasons: National Geographic’s Limitless with Chris Hemsworth.

The six-part bid connected Disney+ features Marvel Cinematic Universe histrion Hemsworth exploring assorted techniques to combat aging and widen the quality lifespan, and learning astir the effects of these techniques firsthand. Aronofsky serves arsenic an enforcement shaper connected the series, which has Hemsworth experimenting with assorted activities reported to person an effect connected however — and however agelong — we live, including meditation, fasting, and vulnerability to utmost conditions.

Digital Trends spoke to Aronofsky astir the origins of the series, the challenges successful defying aging, and what audiences tin anticipation to larn from the series, which premiered November 16 connected the Disney+ streaming service.

Chris Hemsworth wears an old-age simulator suit and talks to a antheral connected a structure successful a country from Limitless.

Digital Trends: How did the bid originate? Was it an thought you brought to Nat Geo? Chris?

Darren Aronofsky: I hatred to instrumentality each the credit, but it started with maine and [my accumulation company] Protozoa successful that I met Dr. Peter Attia respective years agone and we became bully friends. I was precise funny successful his enactment due to the fact that I did a movie called The Fountain backmost successful 2006 that dealt with longevity science.

Back successful 2006, longevity subject was precise overmuch successful the sci-fi onshore of ideas. But I’ve watched implicit the past mates of decades arsenic it’s go mainstream subject and a tremendous magnitude of resources and interests person gone into it. And astatine immoderate point, I realized this would beryllium a truly large project: to truly research longevity science.

I brought it to Nat Geo and they got it instantly and thought it would beryllium great. And past we realized we needed a property to assistance bring america done the science. We had a batch of occurrence doing that successful immoderate of the past documentaries we did similar One Strange Rock and Welcome to Earth. When the thought of Chris Hemsworth came up, I ne'er thought we would get him, but helium responded truly good to the worldly and that’s however it each started.

Chris Hemsworth speaks to a radical of First Nations radical successful a country from Limitless.

The premise of the bid — learning however to combat and woody with aging — is simply a wide one. How did you attack breaking it down into digestible, episodic themes?

A batch of the ideas travel from our experts — particularly Dr. Attia. He talks astir surviving better, longer, and the thought of, alternatively of flattening the curve to the extremity of life, to effort to unrecorded arsenic steadfast and arsenic good arsenic imaginable for arsenic agelong arsenic possible. And then, erstwhile your clip comes, going retired quickly. I thought this was a truly attractive, breathtaking idea, due to the fact that who wants to unrecorded successful a dilatory decline? People would alternatively unrecorded arsenic good arsenic they could earlier going out, and effort to support that wellness for arsenic agelong arsenic possible.

So we started looking astatine antithetic ways that we could pass immoderate strategies truthful that radical who watched the amusement tin really payment from watching the show.

Chris Hemsworth holds a surfboard successful an arctic wilderness successful a country from Limitless.

Some of the episodes enactment Chris done immoderate hard experiences — some physically and psychologically. Were determination immoderate episodes that presented a peculiar situation to make oregon assemble successful a mode that felt right?

Have you seen the past episode, “Acceptance”?

I have. I was going to inquire each astir that 1 due to the fact that it’s truthful powerful.

For me, that 1 became the main crushed to bash the show. It took a portion for everyone to get connected committee with it. Chris was crippled to spell nevertheless we wanted with it, and it turns retired that really coming to presumption with your decease is 1 of the ways to unrecorded a little stressful life. It really helps with longevity.

I wanted to fig retired a mode to show that, truthful I was pushing this thought of immersing Chris successful immoderate of those ideas and thoughts. It was precise abstract for the workplace astatine first, but dilatory they came astir and arsenic it came together, they started to get ace excited by it.

I’m blessed due to the fact that it’s everyone’s favourite episode. So I bash truly anticipation that each the viewers get to the extremity [of the series] due to the fact that it’s good worthy the trip.

Chris Hemsworth speaks to a pistillate portion lasting implicit a coffin successful a country from Limitless.

Were determination immoderate lessons oregon activities oregon specified that you took distant from the bid and brought into your life? It feels similar you person plentifulness of acquisition with managing a engaged docket and pressure.

Of course, yeah. Health is truthful important, and taking attraction of yourself and uncovering the clip to exercise, eat, and slumber close is ace important. Even though there’s a batch going connected successful my beingness always, I effort to get my 8 hours of slumber and devour well. I’ve got truly into exercising and taking attraction of myself.

I confess I tried immoderate meditation myself aft that archetypal episode.

Oh, that’s large to hear. I bash TM [Transcendental Meditation] and I emotion it. It’s a truly adjuvant exercise.

Chris Hemsworth wears an old-age simulator suit portion driving a scooter successful a country from Limitless.

What’s adjacent for you aft this bid and The Whale? What are you moving connected next?

I’ve got a clump of different projects with Nat Geo that I’m ace excited astir that are continuing to propulsion subject successful entertaining and affectional ways. And I haven’t yet decided connected what my adjacent movie volition be, but that’ll travel soon.

National Geographic’s Limitless with Chris Hemsworth is disposable present connected the Disney+ streaming service.