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Simply over a 12 months after a snowplow accident almost ended his life, Jeremy Renner is leaping, kicking and feeling good in a brand new Tremendous Bowl advert.
The industrial, for Silk Protein Almondmilk, exhibits Renner again in full form, twisting and kicking his means by way of his morning routine, the place he makes breakfast for his real-life daughter, Ava, whereas singing his personal rendition of James Brown’s “I Really feel Good.”
Renner, who did his personal stunts for the advert, mentioned that in rehearsals in entrance of the director and the company, he wasn’t certain he would even be capable to pull off the bodily strikes.
“I don’t know if I can do any bodily issues [at that point]. They’ve a stunt man there able to do some of these things,” Renner advised CNN in an interview this week. “I already advised ‘em, there’s no means I’m doing all these items on the counters and leaping up.”
However on the day of the shoot, Renner mentioned the adrenaline kicked in and he ended up pulling off the bodily feats.
“I did the roundhouse kick, the carton [throw],” he mentioned. “It’s like there’s no means I’m gonna be capable to do that. There’s simply no means. After which in some way, all of a sudden I bought it. It solely took just a few takes, however once I truly did do it, I had adrenaline, there was such a whoop from all of the individuals there.”
Renner mentioned it was a “large increase of confidence” for him to work on the marketing campaign, following a 12 months of intense restoration and bodily remedy. It was additionally a giant “sigh of aid” for everybody on set, he mentioned.
“Finally, that’s what the industrial is representing is to really feel good and that I really feel good and the tune I’m singing is ‘I Really feel Good,’” he mentioned.
Whereas Renner mentioned he’s “removed from again to being one hundred percent,” he’s “mentally and emotionally a thousand p.c in my thoughts.”
“You already know, my physique’s all the time gonna have hangups and hiccups, I’ve a number of titanium in my physique,” he mentioned. “My jaw won’t ever be the identical. My enamel won’t ever align. However who cares? These are all issues I don’t care about.”
Renner mentioned he’ll be working the remainder of his life on his joints and different small well being points, however he referred to as his minor points a “blessing.”
“I’m so glad that I’m nonetheless alive and I get to now spend time on my wellness,” he mentioned.
He additionally referred to as the advert a celebration for his daughter and him to do one thing collectively.
“To look again on this, not look again on the accident, however look again on like how far that we’ve come. It meant loads to us,” he mentioned.
Renner is writing a e-book about his therapeutic course of and launched a associated album.
“I used to be impressed loads by my household and by all of the completely different milestones in my restoration,” Renner mentioned. “It was cathartic for me to do. I initially did it for me after which for my daughter. Music all the time has been fairly therapeutic for me, so I’m very pleased with it.”
The Marvel actor is now again to starring in “The Mayor of Kingstown” and lately wrapped the second episode of Season 3. Renner mentioned he approaches each his work and life otherwise now.
“I feel the one impediment in anybody’s life is themselves,” he mentioned. “So you must get out of your individual means and you may manifest something you need in your life. It might be your restoration, it might be your well being, might be your wellness, might be your pleasure, might something.
“Life is actually easy,” he added. “It’s solely difficult, sometimes, as a result of we make it difficult.”