Marvel’s Jeremy Renner has ‘no regrets’ over snowplough crush that left him with 30 broken bones

Jeremy Renner has said he has “no regrets” about his serious snowplough accident earlier this year, and would “do it again” to save his nephew. The Marvel star, 52, said he was “so grateful and forever in debt” to those who had helped him in the aftermath of the incident, which took place near his US home on January 1.

Renner was crushed by his own six-tonne snowploughing machine as he tried to help his nephew, Alexander Fries, free another vehicle. He was later air-lifted to hospital in Reno, Nevada, with significant injuries, that included over 30 broken bones.

In an exclusive interview with journalist Diane Sawyer, broadcast on US network ABC on Thursday, he recalled the incident and detailed his ongoing physical and mental recovery. He told Sawyer he had been a “dummy” for stepping out of the vehicle while it was moving, saying: “It was my mistake, and I paid for it.”

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Asked if he remembered the pain, he replied: “Oh yeah, I was awake through every moment. It’s exactly like you imagined it would feel… It’s hard to imagine what that feels like… It felt like someone took the wind out of you.

“Too many things are going on [in] the body to feel. Pain is everything – it’s like if your soul could feel pain.”

Recalling his thoughts at the time of the incident he continued: “I said, ‘Oh, that [leg], that one’s really messed up… that leg’s [going to] be a problem. [I’m thinking] ‘What’s my body [going to] look like?

“Am I just gonna be like a spine and a brain like a science experiment?”

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But Renner added that he