Jeremy Renner has shared an emotional message two years after a snowplough accident from which he nearly died.
The Avengers star was crushed by the heavy machinery trying to prevent his nephew from being hit by it.
The Nevada sheriff’s office incident report said: “When Renner attempted to stop or divert the [snowplough] to avoid injury to [his nephew], he was pulled under the vehicle by the track and run over.”
Renner suffer a collapsed and bruised lung, six broken ribs in 14 places, his liver was pierced by his rib bone, both ankles were broken, and a whole host of other injuries.
Renner posted this picture on Instagram (Jeremy Renner via Instagram)
The incident took place on New Year’s Day in 2023.
The actor posted to Instagram to celebrate his ‘Rebirthday’, thanking ‘the army of people ‘that it took to put [him] back together again’.
He went on to say: “Thank you to each and every nurse, doctor, first responder… I literally owe you my life.
“All my heart goes out to my beautiful, brave nephew and the angels (my neighbors) who jumped to my aid and endured the chaos for 45 long minutes on the icy asphalt New Years morning.
“I’m so sorry all the haunting images I imprinted on you all (I’ll spare you all from the meat grinding images).
“My gratitude list is very long …. With the amount of love and prayers that flooded in from you all around the world (needing each and everyone of them), my family never leaving my side , with some divine intervention, a bit of luck and a whole lot of miracles … I stand strong again.
“More Open. More Loved. More Connected. And f*cking BLESSED to take my next step, to take MY NEXT BREATH.
“Thank you with every fiber and cell in my body. I love you ALL ❤️.”
Renner stated on a recent episode of the ‘Smartless’ podcast that he no longer has ‘the energy’ or ‘fuel’ to play ‘challenging’ characters after the incident.
He said: “I just don’t have the energy for it. I don’t have the fuel.
“I have so much fuel to put into this reality, this body, all this stuff. I can’t just go play make-believe right now.
The actor also appeared in the Disney+ show Rennervations, which he hosted (Anna Webber via Getty Images)
“Because that takes a lot of time to get right here every day just so I can have a positive thought, so I can progress, so I can always keep growing.”
Renner returned to act in the filming of the third season of Mayor of Kingstown this year, and told podcast co-hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett that he was ‘terrified’ about returning to acting.
He said: “Because I’m to do, like, f*cking fiction? I’m still trying to live in reality, I’m trying to live. So it was a hard line for me to cross.
“It was a big stretch. It was very, very challenging for me mentally to get over that hump.”
The actor is also set to appear in his first film since the incident when he appears in the new Knives Out film,Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
