Jeremy Renner has admitted that he felt ‘a little dicey strength-wise’ going back to work earlier this year following a horrific snowplow accident in January 2023 which almost killed him.
The 53-year-old actor spent a lot of time recovering from the ‘near-death experience’, which saw him hospitalized after suffering blunt chest trauma and 30 broken bones, and has since returned to work to film season 3 of the Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown.
Appearing on Good Morning America on Wednesday, Jeremy said: ‘I’m feeling pretty great. I’m feeling pretty strong. Starting the season this year at the beginning of the year was a little dicey, strength-wise, but by the end of it, usually you’re pretty shattered energy-wise but I feel pretty strong.’
When GMA host George Stephanopoulos asked him if it was ‘stamina or strength’, Jeremy replied: ‘It’s both. Like the endurance was not very good but I’m better on both ends now. I feel really, really strong and really, really happy.’
Talking about returning to work, the actor explained: ‘I had to cross the threshold of like, “do I want to tell fictional stories?” I’m worried about real life, putting a foot in front of another to walk, right? So once I crossed that… the production was really great.
Jeremy Renner has given fans a health update following his terrifying snowplow accident
The Hollywood actor was hospitalized on New Year’s Day in 2023 after suffering blunt chest trauma and 30 broken bones
‘I had to physically and emotionally lean on the cast and crew to get through the days. They compensated with scheduling and stuff, so I could get stronger.
‘I think what happened was we just switched the thinking of the whole thing. I didn’t go to Pittsburgh to film Mayor of Kingstown, I went to go in my recovery and Kingstown was kind of on the side,’ the father-of-one added.
The Captain America: Civil War actor also confirmed that he is working on a book, in which he will open up about the accident, which occurred at his home in Reno, Nevada.
‘It’s something pretty healing [and] cathartic for me, things to unpack throughout the near-death experience, and life and death, and all things recovery and things learned throughout that process,’ he said of his upcoming memoir.
‘Every time I’ve spoken about it with people, I always learn something else. So, I’m putting it all together in a book and hopefully I’ll get it done this year.’
