Marvel actress Evangeline Lilly shared a look into Jeremy Renner’s continuous recovery after his snowplow accident on New Year’s Day, describing his progress as “a straight-up miracle.” In an Access Hollywood interview, the “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” star said Renner used a wheelchair to move around his home. Lilly said she wasn’t expecting Renner to be mobile when she visited.
She said, “I was just at Jeremy’s house the other night, and he was in a wheelchair. I walked into his house, and I was like, ‘Why are you mobile? What is happening?’ I expected to sit at his bedside and hold his hand while he moaned and groaned in pain and wasn’t able to move. He was wheeling himself around, laughing with his friends.”
Lilly described her fellow Marvel co-star as “incredibly brave and strong” as Renner continues to push through recovery. She added, “He’s made out of something really tough, that guy, and you’ve always been able to see that in him.” Lilly said the tragic incident was challenging for her to process when she heard about Renner’s accident. Since their visit, Lilly says she still has moments when she remembers “some of the stuff he told me that he experienced” and heard the stories of what happened and what Renner heard and saw.
She explained, “He had a near-death experience that was highly traumatic, and he was awake for the whole thing. It really has stuck with me.” Although the traumatic accident is brutal on Renner and his loved ones, Lilly explained that she is happy he is alive and recovering well. “He’s got a journey to go through now. That’s what nightmares are made out of, and he lived through it, and he’s on the other side now,” she said. “He is recovering incredibly, and I’m so grateful.”
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Renner recently took to Instagram to share an update on his upcoming Disney+ series, “Rennervations.” He said the series will still premiere on the streaming service once he’s recovered. The accident happened in January when Renner was attempting to assist a family member after the vehicle his relative was driving became stuck in the snow, per statements made by authorities. An estimated three feet of snow had fallen during a storm the night before in Reno, where Renner owns a home near Lake Tahoe.
Using his PistenBully, a 14,000-pound snowcat, Renner successfully extricated the vehicle from his driveway. Afterward, he exited the Pistenbully and was speaking to the family member when the snowplow began to roll unexpectedly. “In an effort to stop the rolling PistenBully, Mr. Renner attempted to get back into the driver’s seat,” authorities said. “Based on our investigation, it’s at this point Mr. Renner is run over by the PistenBully.”
The “Mayor of Kingstown” actor suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries. Since the accident, Renner has been sharing updates on his recovery process on Instagram with his fans. It’s so incredible to hear that Jeremy Renner’s condition is improving after a horrific accident.
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