MCU star Jeremy Renner (Avengers) ended up on the wrong end of a stunt for his new film Tag. Last week, co-star Jon Hamm told Ellen DeGeneres about how the catastrophic stunt caused Renner to break both of his arms. Could Renner’s injuries have a bigger impact on Hawkeye in Avengers 4?
According to Hamm on day three of production, a stunt failed and that is when Renner tumbled. He went on to say that CGI had to be used for some of Renner’s scenes. Renner clarified, saying that CGI was only needed in the scene where he originally broke his arm.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Renner said that the stunt in question involved him racing up a pile of stacked chairs in a community center. That is when the rigging broke, causing Renner and the chair to come crashing down. Renner goes on to say:
“I broke along with it and fell on the ground and broke my arms,” Renner said, but he didn’t realize he was hurt right away. “Then I realized, I think something’s wrong, so I went to the hospital, and they said it was broken, so I got them wrapped up and then I went back to work and did everything I could do to continue on as we did.”
Renner dealt with the pain. But it wasn’t just dedication to his role in Tag that caused him to power through the pain. When Tag wrapped, he went into filming Avengers 4:
“It’s sort of like a battle of my will to heal as fast as I possibly could, I did therapy just painfully every day and I was able to get through it all as best I could,” Renner explained. “What else do you do, you just stop and cry and everyone go home? You know what I mean? I’d be like, ‘sorry guys, I’m not going to use a bow and arrow now in Avengers,’ it’s silly, so I have to kind of push through so that you can perform for everyone.”
Tag hits theaters on June 15. Avengers 4 launches on May 3, 2019.
