Jeremy Renner Admits He’s ‘Nervous’ to Be Back at Work on Mayor of Kingstown 1 Year After Snow Plow Accident

Jeremy Renner is back on set The mayor of Kingstown for the first time since his snowplow accident on New Year’s Day 2023.

On Wednesday, the actor confirmed he was back to work on the drama by posting a picture of himself looking dapper in a cold-weather coat over a striped button-down shirt accessorized with a gray and black tie.

“First day on set…nervous today,” Renner, 52, wrote on Instagram. “I hope this works out so I can ACTUALLY pull this off for our production and more importantly for the fans.”

At the same time, Paramount+ officially announced that production has begun on the upcoming third season of the series, which “follows the McLusky family, power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the closing business is the only successful industry,” according to the release.

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Just a week before his return, Renner appeared on Ellen K’s morning show on KOST 103.5 FM, where he joked that his mother Valerie “really wanted to burn this Snowcat” after his accident, but added that he “understands why” she said that.

“I said, ‘No mom, we’re not, I need that thing to get in and out of my driveway [laughs], or we’re going to get stuck there,’ Renner said. “But we have the power to change the story to shift it into something else.”

He continued: “It’s our job to change the narrative and perspective on this because otherwise we can sit and be victims and suffer and be intolerable and not have January 1st be a day to celebrate or be a bad thing, but we don’t need all those things, that are beautiful things.”

A timeline of Jeremy Renner’s snowplow accident and his ongoing recovery

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On January 1, 2023, Renner was helping his nephew extricate a stuck vehicle from more than three feet of snow at his home in Reno, Nevada, when his snow plow ran over him. He revealed that after the incident – in which he broke more than 30 bones – he apologized to his family because “I couldn’t imagine what I made people feel that morning.”

“The first thing I said was I was sorry when I woke up because I knew what happened and I damn well know what it would feel like on the other side, it’s pretty sickening to make someone feel that horror,” he said.

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After the incident, falcon’s eye the star was taken by helicopter to the hospital and was operated on for several days due to his injuries. He also tried various forms of therapy to help him recover.

“There was a lot to fight for, and recovery was only a one-way street in my mind,” he said on the radio show. “My recovery became a relief for me, because I knew I could give relief to my family, my daughter and all those whom I really affected. And to my poor nephew, who was there with me that day, I gave him pictures that he had never he cannot fail to see, but I know that my healing would be healing for him.”

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On the Ellen K show, Renner also discussed his new EP, Love and Titanium, which is set to be released on January 19th. He said recording the songs was “healing”, and hoped the album would “do good things for other people”.

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The mayor of Kingstown can be streamed on Paramount+.

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