Jeremy Renner explains why he had to leave the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise

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Jeremy Renner has explained why he had to leave the Mission: Impossible franchise, while also hinting at a possible return in the future.The Hawkeye star featured in two of the Tom Cruise-led action blockbusters: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in 2011, and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in 2015.However, Renner did not return for the two films that followed in 2018 (Fallout) and 2023 (Dead Reckoning – Part One), with his character William Brandt having retired from the spy force at the end of Rogue Nation.Now, in a new interview with Collider, the Marvel star has revealed that he left the franchise because he wanted to focus on being an active father to his daughter, Ava.“Yeah.

I had to leave that,” Renner explained. “I was supposed to do more with them. I love those guys. I love Tom so much. We had so much fun, and I love that character a lot.

It requires a lot of time away. It’s all in London. I had to go be a dad. It just wasn’t gonna work out then.”However, Renner admitted that he would “jump” at the chance to return to the franchise now that Ava is older.“Maybe now that my daughter is older that could happen,” Renner said. “I’d always jump into a Mission: Impossible anytime and back into Brandt.

It’s great.”Last week, Renner opened up about the gruesome details of his freak snow plough accident, revealing that his eye was left hanging out of his head.On New Year’s Day in January 2023, the actor star was left in a critical condition after being run over by his 14,000-pound PistenBully snowcat.