Jimmy Kimmel calls Jeremy Renner the ‘toughest Avenger’: ‘Forget Hemsworth’
near-fatal snowplow accident in January.Renner, 52, was a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday night to promote his upcoming Disney+ series “Rennervations,” as well as to discuss the incident that left him hospitalized.The actor was in good spirits as he walked onto the set with a cane and did a little dance as he sat down for the interview.Kimmel, 55, introduced his guest as “indestructible” and an “Avenger who beat Thanos, Loki and a 14,000-pound snowplow.”The late-night host jokingly asked if this was a publicity stunt, to which Renner joked in response: “Absolutely.”“Now if there was any question as to who the toughest Avenger was, that’s settled now,” Kimmel said. “Forget [Robert] Downey [Jr.], forget [Chris] Hemsworth, forget these guys, it’s you, you’re the guy.”Renner humbly responded, “Yeah, I guess so.”“I think I speak for all of us when I say, thank God, look at you, you look great.