MCU Star Jeremy Renner Admits He Has Only Seen Two ‘Avengers’ Films & Jokes About Snow-Plow Incident: “F*** Iron Man”

Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye is a fan favorite in the MCU. His last live-action appearance was in the ‘Hawkeye’ series, but he recently returned as a voice actor in ‘What If…?’ Season 2, in the episode ‘What If… Happy Hogan Saved Christmas’?

Over the last couple of months, it’s been heavily rumored that ‘Hawkeye’ will get a season 2, putting Renner back in the spotlight. Renner recently found himself at the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and discussed everything from his career to his current health following a tragic snow-plow incident that almost cost him his life.

On January 1, 2023, he was hospitalized following a severe accident at home involving his snowplow, resulting in blunt chest trauma and 30 broken bones. The snowplow, weighing 14,330 pounds, ran over him.

He was airlifted to Renown Regional Medical Center, underwent surgery, and remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit. On January 17, he was discharged and returned home. Ten weeks later, he started walking with a cane, and doctors attributed his survival to his health and fitness.

It seems that almost 2 years following the incident, Renner is able to joke about it commenting that thanks to the accident he is now more Titanium than Iron Man:

I am forever grateful for all the love and support. I’m 25 percent titanium, so fuck Iron Man.

Renner shared that he rarely watches his own movies but made an exception for ‘The Avengers’ and part of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ to see the CGI scenes that the cast doesn’t experience on set. “You want to see what’s really going on,” he joked.

Renner shared that the original Avengers cast—Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, and Mark Ruffalo—have become some of his closest friends. Reflecting on his Marvel journey, he mentioned wanting to be Spider-Man or The Hulk as a kid. He also joked about hesitating to sign a 10-year deal, wondering if anyone would want to see him in tights at 50.

I remember they wanted to do a 10-year sort of deal. I’m like: ‘I don’t know, at 50 years old, do you want to be in tights, dude? This is not a good look. I don’t think anybody wants to see me at 50 in tights

But it ended up “being one of the more beautiful experiences I’ve had, playing Clint Barton and then finding five of my best friends I can just spend the next 12 years of my life with – going through marriages and divorces and kids and ups and downs in our lives, and experience a lot.

And the Avengers is a real thing. We all got tattoos together, and it’s the A6 symbol, and we all got it on different parts of our body.

The actor also praised his fellow cast members in ‘Knives Out 3,’ especially Daniel Craig. He also shared that winning awards, including an Oscar, isn’t a big focus for him. Reflecting on his Oscar nominations in 2010 for ‘The Hurt Locker’ and 2011 for ‘The Town,’ he described it as a strange feeling, like being welcomed into a special club. He added that he took his mother to the ceremony both times.

I didn’t care about getting a statue,” Renner continued. “I didn’t want
the statue because you have to go give a speech. The last thing I want
to do with my social anxiety is go up and have to give a speech to
people

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