The actor spoke for the first time about the accident that almost took his life.
On New Year’s Eve in December 2022 Jeremy Renner He was enjoying the celebrations when a snow plow almost ran over his nephew. Without thinking, the Avengers member threw the teenager as he was crushed by the seven-ton machine. The actor suffered serious injuries, which is why he had to be taken by helicopter to the nearest hospital, where he was operated on immediately.
A broken jaw, a collapsed lung, and multiple fractured ribs, was the result of this heroic deed. After two weeks in hospital, Renner returned home where he shared his slow recovery via his social media. Almost four months later, the actor is doing much better, and He was finally able to give his first interview on this case, which almost cost him his lifeTo.
In the ABC special entitled Jeremy Renner: The Interview with Diane Sawyer – A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph, Pictures of the actor can be seen doing exercises around his home as part of rehabilitation and even using a scooter to move between rooms in his home. In addition, there are interviews with the actor’s family about these events; Among these, the testimony of Renner’s nephew, who was rescued by Renner himself, stands out hawk eyeHe assured that the scene was terrible.
“I see him in a pool of blood pouring from his head. I ran towards him. I didn’t think he was alive“, says the young man in an interview with Diane Saeger. The consequences were so serious that Renner admitted in the interview that he was constantly worrying about what his body would look like. “What will my body look like? Will I be just a spine and a brain, like a science experiment?‘ the actor commented in front of cameras.
In the interview clip that It will be released in full on April 9th.Sawyer questions Renner about a video in which the actor can be seen signing “I’m sorry” to his family while he lies dying, which ended with bring the actor to tears.
Despite all the anxiety experienced by both Jeremy and his family, the actor has been able to recover, and while it’s likely he won’t regain the good physical condition he was in a few years ago, the actor’s afterlife seems great to be motivated by this near-death experience.
“I chose to survive. It won’t kill me, no way. I lost a lot of flesh and bone in this experience, but I was refueled and filled with love and titanium.
It’s not yet known if Renner will return to an action film in the future, but he already has plans for this April. Following the documentary’s premiere, the actor will appear in the world premiere of Rennervations, a series in which the actor works with expert builders to redesign government trucks and turn them into places for kids from around the world to have fun. In an interview with Variety, the actor spoke about how the idea for this show was born:
“I have been on this journey for many years and started building vehicles for people in need in my community. But a few years ago I thought, ‘How can I scale this up and have a bigger impact on an entire community? And that’s what this series does. It’s one of my greatest passions and a driving force in my recovery, and I can’t wait for the world to see it.“.
The series will next be released on the Disney+ platform 12. Aprilwhile the premiere takes place the day before, where the actor will hold a question and answer session.
Jeremy Renner returns to the small screen with Rennerations, a series in which the actor restores military trucks and turns them into places for kids to have fun. Source: Disney