Jeremy Renner: “Bended” in his first TV interview after the accident – “I remember everything”  

The 52-year-old Marvel star speaks on camera for the first time

A few days ago Jeremy Renner uploaded for the first time a video of himself walking, carrying out a special recovery program, after the near-fatal accident he had on New Year’s Day. 

Now, the 52-year-old Marvel star is giving his first televised interview since the accident where he is expected to open up about his experience. In the trailer for the ABC special, which will be called ” Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview – A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph, ” and released, Renner reveals that he remembers everything from the moment he was crushed by a 7-pound snowplow. tons. ” I remember everything. I was awake at every moment of the accident, ” he said characteristically. 

Also featured in the interview is his nephew, whom Renner practically sacrificed as he went to patch him up, saying “I saw him in a pool of blood around his head. I ran over to him. I didn’t think he was alive. ” Renner ended up intensive care for several weeks and required two surgeries for his severe injuries. 

In the trailer, you can also hear an excerpt from the call to the ambulance, made by his nephew, and the first minutes after the accident are vividly captured. Jeremy Renner can be heard moaning in pain as others tell him to “keep fighting ” to stay alive. 

Watch an excerpt from his interview: 

Reporter Diane Swayer is already reading his long list of serious injuries including 8 broken ribs in 14 places, a broken right knee, ankle, left tibia, broken left ankle, broken right collarbone and broken lower jaw. His lung had been ruptured, while his liver had been punctured by his rib. ” What’s my body going to be like? I’m just going to be a spine and a brain, like some kind of science experiment? ” Renner says of his thoughts while in the hospital. 

But where Renner broke down and broke down in tears was when it was revealed he told his family he was ” sorry ” in sign language. “I chose to survive. This is not going to kill me, not at all. I’ve lost a lot of flesh and blood in this experience, but I’ve been replenished and filled with love and titan,” Renner says with determination .

“When you look in the mirror, do you see a new face ?” Sawyer asks, to which Renner replies, ” No, I see a lucky man. “

Renner’s full interview will air on April 6 on ABC.