Jeremy Renner, 52 Opens Up After Snowplow Accident That Almost Killed Him

Hollywood actor Jeremy Renner claimed he would risk being driven over by a snowplow again to save his nephew in his first interview since the New Year’s Day disaster, “I’d do it again because it was aimed directly at my nephew.”

Jeremy Renner discusses the tragedy and his difficult rehabilitation in an interview with journalist Diane Sawyer, which will air Thursday night on ABC News.

The 52-year-old Oscar nominee, well known for his role as Hawkeye in Marvel’s Avengers films, shattered over 30 bones and required many surgeries.

The accident occurred near Mr. Renner’s Nevada residence. Over the weekend, heavy snowfall had fallen, and Mr. Renner’s vehicle, driven by a family member, became stranded.

According to the Washoe County sheriff, Mr. Renner went to get into his snowplow, which weighs at least 14,000 pounds, to assist in moving the vehicle. Sheriff Darin Balaam stated that the snowplow began to roll while he was speaking with a family member. Mr. Renner tried to return inside but was run over.

“I’ve lost a lot of flesh and bone due to this experience.” But I’ve been refueled and renewed with love and titanium,” Mr. Renner said in video footage posted ahead of the interview’s appearance on ABC News.

Mr. Renner stated that he expected to die.

“I’m thinking, ‘What does my body look like?'” “Am I just going to be a spine in a brain, like a science experiment?” Jeremy Renner wondered.

Rich Kovach, Mr. Renner’s neighbor, informed 911 operators that Mr. Renner had been “run over by a snowcat,” according to WSJ. In the background of the conversation, Mr. Renner could be heard moaning.

“It was blood, the amount of blood, and then he was in such pain,” Mr. Kovach explained to Ms. Sawyer. “When I looked at his head, it appeared to be cracked wide open.” And I thought I saw white; I’m not sure if that was his skull or if it was just my imagination, but that’s what I thought I saw.”

Mr. Renner had shattered bones, including both ankles, some ribs, his right shoulder, eye socket, and jaw. He also has a collapsed lung.

Mr. Renner began to cry during the interview after Ms. Sawyer reminded him that when he could not talk in the hospital shortly after the accident, he motioned “I’m sorry” in sign language to his family.

“I was signing that because I am, I’m sorry,” Mr. Renner explained, adding that he was grateful to his family for their support during rehabilitation. “What we’ve just gone through. That is true love. It is in pain. “However, that feeds the seeds of what love is,” Mr. Renner explained.

About Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner was born in Modesto, California, the son of bowling alley manager Valerie (Tague) and Lee Renner, following a turbulent but pleasant childhood with his four younger siblings.

He attended Modesto Junior College after graduating from Beyer High School. He looked into computer science, criminology, and psychology before being drawn in by the theatre department’s freedom of emotional expression.

Renner appeared in the short-lived TV series The Unusuals (2009), and he played the menacing but loyal criminal Jem in Ben Affleck’s bank-heist thriller The Town in 2010. (2010). Renner began filming Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in the fall of 2010. (2011). Since then, he has appeared in The Avengers (2012), American Hustle (2013), and Kill the Messenger. (2014).

Renner’s acting abilities stem from his expressive eyes and his ability to completely embrace his roles. His emotional portrayal of these people captivates audiences and allows him to steal sequences in many of his films, even when he plays a minor character. Renner is drawn to flawed, complicated, three-dimensional characters who allow him to venture into unknown areas within himself.

Renner continues to pursue his lifelong passion for music in addition to his profession as an actor. He began his career as a vocalist, composer, and musician with the band Sons of Ben. Renner’s singing abilities are briefly showcased in Love Comes to the Executioner (2006), North Country (2005), and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007).

Renner has traveled the world for film roles and, most recently, as a United Nations Goodwill Peace Ambassador to raise awareness for mine-clearing efforts in Afghanistan. In acknowledgment of his body of work as an actor, Modesto Junior College honored him with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2010. In the fall of 2010, he also performed at a benefit for Modesto’s Gallo Center for the Arts.

Even after his recent triumphs and notoriety, Renner maintains a feeling of humility and thankfulness. He keeps himself grounded by remodeling and restoring old and worn classic Hollywood homes, a business he started in his early days in Los Angeles. He appreciates loyalty and a sense of age and history, and he relishes the chance to help preserve these qualities in a town that favors the young and modern.