Jeremy Renner revealed during a talk show visit that he is back doing some stunt work after his horrific snowplow accident in 2023 that nearly killed him.
The 53-year-old actor shared a clip of an action scene from the upcoming third season of The Mayor Of Kingstown on Wednesday while promoting the Paramount+ crime thriller series on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Jimmy, 49, before showing the clip asked Jeremy if he was ‘back to 100 percent’ after being seriously injured in the Jan. 1, 2023 crash that left him with more than 30 broken bones, a lung collapsed and a liver punctured by a shattered rib.
‘I don’t know what that is. But I hope to be at like 150 percent maybe by the end of the year,” Jeremy said.
“That’s what I’m talking about,” Jimmy said.
Jeremy Renner revealed he’s back to doing some stunt work after his horrific snow plowing accident in 2023 while promoting the mayor of Kingstown on a talk show Wednesday.
And doing stunts wasn’t on my agenda. Because I was barely walking. But, you know, I reached out and said, “I’ll try.” And I put on these tennis shoes and said, “Let me try this.” “Muscle memory just kicked in,” jeremy said.
“I didn’t have any confidence in it, in any way, but it happened. We did it. “I think even the clip we brought in is part of that sequence, which is cool,” Jeremy said.
The clip showed Jeremy as Mike McClusky asking his associates for some brass knuckles to carry out some street justice.
Mike then approached a pair of men and jumped them from behind with a flying punch as he took them both out.
The Mayor of Kingstown will return for its third season on June 2 on the Paramount+ streaming service.
Jeremy said the action scene marked another step in his recovery.
‘It is improving. And it’s always nice to get a pat on the back for progress, right? And progress is great fuel to continue progressing. And my daughter, my family has been number one in that fuel. And I hope, I’m sure it will continue, because I think it’s perpetual,” Jeremy said.
At the beginning of the interview, Jimmy became emotional when he told Jeremy that he was worried about him after hearing about his accident.
The clip showed Jeremy as Mike McClusky asking his associates for some brass knuckles to carry out street justice.
The 53-year-old actor was promoting the upcoming third season of The Mayor Of Kingstown.
And doing stunts wasn’t on my agenda. Because I was barely walking. But, you know, I reached out and said, “I’ll try.” And I put on these tennis shoes and said, “Let me try this.” “Muscle memory just kicked in.” jeremy said
‘It is improving. And it’s always nice to get a pat on the back for progress, right? And progress is great fuel to continue progressing. And my daughter, my family has been number one in that fuel. And I hope, I’m sure it will continue, because I think it’s perpetual,” Jeremy said.
“I thought we lost you for a second,” Jimmy said.
‘For a second, we did, yeah. But I got some duct tape and put it back together, everything’s fine,” Jeremy said.
Jimmy noted that Jeremy was supposed to appear on the show in January 2023, but his accident derailed it.
‘Attractive. I was so worried that he texted me, by the way, I remember, in the ICU: “Dude, you’re hot,” Jeremy said.
“No, I’m dying,” Jeremy said.
‘I wanted to make you laugh. Did it make you laugh?’ Jimmy said.
‘He made me laugh. “I wasn’t sure if you were serious, but it was really funny,” Jeremy said.
Jeremy said it has been “quite cathartic” and “quite healing” to talk about the accident.
‘I share it. I’ve shared a bit about recovery on social media and stuff like that,” Jeremy said.
‘I thought we lost you for a second,’ Jimmy said excitedly at the beginning of the episode.
‘For a second, we did, yeah. But I got some duct tape and put it all back together, it’s all good,” Jeremy said.
The Hollywood actor was hospitalized on New Year’s Day 2023 after suffering blunt force trauma to the chest and 30 broken bones and has shared his recovery on social media.
He recounted the snowplow accident that occurred when he was trying to clear a road and the 14,000-pound snowplow slipped out of his hands and ran toward his nephew.
‘So I jumped back, or tried to, and got stuck on the tracks. And I broke like 38 bones and it was brutal, man. It was brutal,” Jeremy said.
Jeremy said if he had panicked, he would have died.
‘Well, there are wonderful lessons in that, right? I mean, I could go on and on about what happened during the 45 minutes I was on the ice. But the real lessons are learned from it. There are so many fantastic gifts that… be tested to your limits, right? Your physical limits, your spiritual limits, right? Emotional limits. It’s like I won’t have a bad day for the rest of my life. It’s impossible, right? There’s that gift,” Jeremy said.
Jeremy said taking his recovery step by step became a reminder of how we should all view life.
‘If we get too stressed, or things are too difficult, or the odds are insurmountable, or whatever, just put your foot down. And then put another foot on the ground. And then move forward there, right?’ He said.
Doctors reconstructed Jeremy’s ribcage with metal and used metal plates to reconstruct his eye socket.
It also has a titanium rod and screws in the leg.