Jeremy Renner on April 11, 2023.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
Jeremy Renneris opening up about how hisnear-fatal snowplow accidenthas changed him.
Renner, 52, recently toldCNNthat he feels “very blessed and very lucky to be upright and walk around and to live life” more than nine months after the incident.
“I’m very, very clear. My life is really lean, if that makes sense," he said. “There’s no fat in my life anymore. I don’t have time for that. So, there’s something really beautiful about having that superpower.”
Jeremy Renner at a San Francisco 49ers game in September 2023.London Entertainment / SplashNews
London Entertainment / SplashNews
Renner told CNN that he feels he has retained “a lot of gifts that I received because of [the Jan. 1 accident],” in which hebroke over 30 bonesandunderwent multiple surgeriesafter his snowplow ran him over while he washelping his nephew get a stuck vehicleout of the snow on New Year’s Day at his property in Reno, Nevada.
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“When you’re tested physically, emotionally, spiritually, in every way, and then to come through it, that’s something hard to explain,” he said. “Perseverance. Strength. It’s all a mental game. I put it in my back pocket now. I know how to deal with pain. It’s all mind. It’s all in the mind. If you can sift through the fog of it all, I am very blessed.”
Jeremy Renner and his daughter Ava on April 11, 2023.Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
Renner was seen walking in publicwithout using a canefor the first time since his accident atKate Beckinsale’s birthday party in July. He was also seenreuniting with some of his Marvel Cinematic Universe costarsin Boston forChris EvansandAlba Baptista’s wedding in September.
The actor appeared in the latest season of his Paramount+ seriesMayor of Kingstownearlier this year, but otherwise has not acted since he reprised his Marvel role as Hawkeye for the 2021 Disney+ miniseries of the same name. It remains unclear whether Renner will return to the role for future Marvel projects.
source: people.com
