The 'Hawkeye' actor has officially returned to work by hitting the set of his series 'Mayor of Kingstown', roughly a year after he was left with serious injuries due to a near-fatal accident.
- January 12, 2024
AceShowbiz - Jeremy Renner was "nervous" as he returned to acting a year after a near-fatal snowplough accident. The 52-year-old actor was taken to hospital on January 1, 2023, after suffering blunt chest trauma and 30 broken bones after being hit by a snowplough while saving his nephew, but he returned to the "Mayor of Kingstown" set on Wednesday, January 10 and hoped he could "pull this off" for the fans.
"Day one on set … nervous today. Hope this works out that I can ACTUALLY pull this off for our production and more importantly the fans @mayorofkingstown @paramountplus (sic)," he wrote on Instagram.
The official "Mayor of Kingstown" Instagram account commented on Jeremy's post, "It's going to be the best season yet."
Jeremy stars as the titular character, Mike McLusky, in the Paramount+ crime thriller. Last week, the actor admitted his daughter Ava, 10, was his "reason number one" for surviving his near-fatal accident.
Marking the one-year anniversary of the horror accident, he wrote, "Reason number One for my recovery is her. I asked her to 'wait for me' when I first saw her January 14 as I arrived home. As I got better, she got better, less afraid."
"There is simply no better motivator to recover than to heal your family and friends. With gratitude always, thank you all for your love and support this last full year. I needed every ounce of goodwill and prayer."
Jeremy also shared a video of a song called "Wait", which will feature on his upcoming "Love and Titanium" EP when it drops on January 19. The video features footage of himself and his daughter, while the collection reflects on his "journey of recovery."
On New Year's Eve, January 31, 2023, he appeared on CNN and spoke to hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen about his recovery, explaining, "I'm just so blessed that I have so many things to live for, brother."
"I have a giant family, I have a 10-year-old daughter, [and] I would've disappointed and really messed up a lot of people's lives if I would've passed, and so there's a lot for me to get better for. There was a lot for me to fight for, and recovery was just a one-way road in my mind. My recovery became relief for me, because I knew I could give relief to my family, my daughter and all those that I really affected."
