Jeremy Renner has broken both his arms in a stunt that went wrong while filming, the actor, who is currently working on Avengers: Infinity War, said Friday.
Speaking before a Karlovy Vary film festival screening of Taylor Sheridan‘s Wind River, in which Renner plays a federal wildlife officer drafted to help solve a murder on a Native American reservation in Wyoming, Renner said the injuries would not affect his ability to do his job.
“It won’t stop things that I need to do. I heal fast and am doing everything I can to heal faster,” he said.
“I am doing a comedy that has a few stunts in,” he said with a smile. “It won’t really affect my job. It affects how I get dressed in the morning — I cannot tie my shoes.”
Renner, who declined to specify precisely which film he had sustained his injuries in, said: “I shall heal up before Avengers starts up again. I have fractured my right elbow and left wrist,” adding with a grin: “This is my face in pain.”
Sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the injury happened on the set of the New Line comedy Tag, which like Avengers, is shooting in Atlanta.
At the Czech Republic press conference, Renner said he was drawn to Wind River, which marks Sheridan’s directorial debut, by the story and emotional challenge of playing the character and was hoping to appear in Sheridan’s next film.
“If I continue to work as an actor, I think I shall do the bulk of my movies with [Sheridan],” Renner said.
“For a first-time director, he is an amazing writer and is well known for that. As a director he is a brass tacks kind of guy — he gets things done efficiently and truthfully. He is a no-nonsense guy. We got along very well; he is super smart for a guy who comes across like a cowboy type — hyper intelligent and emotionally intelligent too.”
