In his own words, Thor star Chris Hemsworth is trying to "live as long as I can". / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading So what better way to push himself than a jaw-dropping climb up a 30 metre long rope suspended from Katoomba's Scenic Skyway. Hemsworth dangles some 270 metres above the canyon floor in the Blue Mountains for the National Geographic/Disney series , that was filmed in COVID-19 lockdown conditions in and around Katoomba and other locations in the Blue Mountains in September 2021.
Now we're about to see what all the fuss was about, as the show goes to free-to-air TV in July. Filming took place when the iconic tourist attraction Scenic World was closed because of the lockdown. Despite Hemsworth's star presence, residents were urged to observe Public Health orders and stay away.
It took 12 months of planning in collaboration with Scenic World, Blue Mountains City Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. At the time Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill and MP Trish Doyle tried to get the filming postponed, concerned by the numbers of people coming into the Mountains, as local COVID cases were increasing. Limitless first aired on Disney Plus in 2022.
Managing director of Scenic World and vice-president of Blue Mountains Tourism, Anthea Hammon, said it aired at a critical time for the Mountains when it was in the early stages of recovering from the catastrophic impact of the bushfires and COVID on tourism, the workforce, and economy, She said th.