Jeremy Renner no longer “has the energy” to take on challenging roles after his near-fatal snowplow accident 18 months ago, saying he’s “very scared” to act again.
Speaking on the Smartless podcast, hosted by actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, the Oscar-nominated actor said he was finding acting more difficult than he was before January 2023, when he was on his Hospitalized in critical condition after snoring.
“I just didn’t have the energy to do it. I had no fuel,” Renner said. “I have a lot of fuel to put into this reality, this body, all these things. I can’t just fake it now. Because it takes a lot of time to be here every day so that I can have positive thoughts, so that I can progress, This way I can keep growing.
Renner is known for his roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Mission: Impossible films, as well as his Oscar-nominated role in The Hurt Locker.
After a year of rehabilitation, which included healing more than 30 fractures and learning to walk independently again, Renner returned to acting in January this year to film the third season of the TV series “The Mayor of Kingston.”
Regarding returning to showbiz, the 53-year-old actor told Arnett, Bateman and Hayes, “I’m still trying to live in reality, I’m trying to live. So it’s a very difficult path for me. The line to cross. It was a big stretch for me to overcome.
“I still struggle with it sometimes…I don’t take it very seriously. I play a character that I can do really well, and I know the show very well, so it’s easy for me to get back into it,” Renner said. said when it came time to reprise his role as Mayor Mike McCluskey. Kingston. “But if it was a very challenging role, there was no way I could take it. In a sense, it’s not challenging – because the show is challenging, but if I had to play Dahmer Something like that, something far away from me.
Renner will next star alongside Daniel Craig in Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out movie, Waking the Dead, which will be his first film appearance since the accident. Renner joins Andrew Scott, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Josh Brolin, Josh O’Connor and Kelly Spaeny in Johnson’s detective novel series.
