Jeremy Renner Says He’s ‘OK’ Handing His Marvel Stunts Over To A Stuntman Following Near-Fatal Accident

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Jeremy Renner is happy to let a stuntman handle those treacherous Marvel stunts from here on out. In an interview that aired Thursday night on ABC, the 52-year-old actor spoke with Diane Sawyer, and emotionally recounted the near-death snowcat accident on New Year’s Day that landed him in the hospital with 30-plus broken bones and required chest surgery.

While he’s still a ways from being back on set, Renner, who long performed many of his MCU stunts himself, said he’s “OK” with letting a stuntman take the reins. “I’m OK with a stunt guy doing it at this point,” Renner admitted. “I’m 52.

It’s fine. I’ve done enough. I’m OK to do more, right? But, I’m Ok. I have no ego. Yeah, go for it. I don’t care.” He quipped, “I’ll be in my trailer.” Elsewhere in the interview, Renner recalled in excruciating detail the emotion and pain he suffered in the wake of an accident that required him to be airlifted to a hospital and left him in critical condition.

Though footage shared with ABC shows Renner now walking with the help of a cane, he still feels flashes of pain from the extensive surgery he had to undergo, filling him with screws, metal plates and even rubber bands. “I’m also re-learning,” he told Sawyer. “I’m re-learning to speak again with this broken jaw.” Painful memories of what happened often come in waves, with Renner sharing that he’s still “triggered” by the accident, which remembers “all of.” “I was awake through every moment,” he told Sawyer.