Jeremy Renner says he relives the snowplow accident “every night”

Marvel actor Jeremy Renner has revealed that he relives his snow plow accident “every night.”

Renner, who plays Clint Barton in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, had just helped his adult nephew pull his car out of the snow when the horrific incident occurred in January 2023.

The “Hawkeye” star suffered severe blood loss after being hit by a snow blower and also suffered blunt chest trauma and thirty broken bones.

Renner told the Los Angeles Times that the accident had had a lasting impact on him.

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“I relive it every night. It’s in my visions. It’s in my dreams and my waking thoughts,” he said. “The doctor said I even removed my blemish. How do you remove a blemish?”

The actor further expressed his gratitude to the hospital staff who cared for him, as well as to his family, saying “probably a divine intervention too.”

He added: “It took the community of all these people. That’s the power of love. It’s a slow burn. Man, I’m telling you. I can barely speak.”

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Renner returned to work in January, a year after the accident, to reprise his role as Mike McLusky in the Paramount+ crime thriller Mayor of Kingstown. Production on the show’s upcoming third season has now wrapped, with the first episodes scheduled to air on June 2.

The actor admitted he had mixed emotions about returning to a fictional world while recovering from his physical injuries.

“I’m trying to create something true and make the audience believe it, while trying to learn to walk again, to put one foot in front of the other and not get up in pain. I’m doing all these things to get my footing on this planet again,” he said.

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“The idea of ​​immersing myself in a fictional world – I have to be honest, I really had to think: ‘Is this something I really want to do?'”

Of the challenges he faced on set, Renner added: “They said, ‘And action!’ And I (slept). We realized they were pushing me too hard, too many hours, too many days in a row.”

“I am willing to do anything, but I can do something else.”

“Mayor of Kingstown” airs on Paramount+.

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