Jeremy Renner almost gave up acting after his snowplough accident but is thankful he didn’t.
Jeremy Renner almost gave up acting after his snowplough accident.
The Mayor of Kingston star suffered over 30 broken bones, a lacerated liver and a collapsed lung in January 2023 when he was run over by his Snocat and because he believes he will continue to be recovering for the rest of his life, there were times when he felt he should just focus on himself rather than his work.
But ultimately, Jeremy is glad he continued his career.
He told Fox News Digital: “I mean, I’ll be in recovery for the rest of my life. I think it goes beyond acting. I almost didn’t want to go back into acting because I had to focus so much on real life. Nonfiction kind of stuff. To go into fiction was a little difficult, but I’m glad I’m back doing it.”
The 55-year-old actor – who has daughter Ava, 13, with ex-wife Sonni Pacheco – has tried to simplify his life since the accident.
He explained: “Be with my family, get better every day and do acts of service and give to others as much and best as I can. And that’s how I choose to live my life from moving forward since the accident.”
Jeremy is open to trying new treatment for his ongoing medical issues, and is currently focusing on red light treatments and oxygen therapy.
He said: “There are a lot of great things we’re progressing in it.
“Peptide therapies are really great for hormone replacement as we get older. You don’t have to be in an accident do any of the things I’m doing. These are just life stuff as we age, but those are also very, very key to my recovery from tissue damage. 38 broken bones, all that type of stuff.
“And also, a positive mindset. These are things that I enjoy and I have to enjoy them because I’ll be doing them as I breathe and as I move around through life.”
The Hurt Locker actor previously credited sheer willpower for helping him pull through after his accident.
He told The Guardian newspaper: “I was bullying my body into thinking it wasn’t that bad and my mind was overcoming the greatest odds it’s ever come up against. My mind was saying, ‘Nah!’, it’s part stubbornness. ‘I don’t want to lose this battle, this game’, but the deeper part, the zoomed-out part, is I had so much to live for. I had a bunch of people waiting for me to go skiing!
“I didn’t want to let them down. That became such a big thing.”
Jeremy Renner considered quitting acting after accident
