Jeremy Renner is heading home to Modesto Cal. Sept. 18th for "An Evening With Jeremy Renner," a benefit for the Gallo Center for the Arts. This will be an "Inside The Actors Studio" type of event in which Renner will discuss his movies and career with the Gallo Center's arts education coordinator Jim Johnson.
Before flying off for the Venice Film Festival last week, Renner talked with the Modesto Bee from Los Angeles.
Below is the portion of the interview where Renner covers M:I4 and The Avengers.
Along with "M:I4," you've got "The Avengers" coming up, both of which are big action movies instead of your normal smaller, dramatic fare. How do you feel about that switch?
I am so exited. I feel like a 14-year-old boy. It is going to be a lot of fun. I am not disillusioned by the fact that they are big movies. They are not the dramas I've done, the character roles I've done. But it's stretching and growing into new territories for me. The physicality is fun. After this, I'm going to do training for "M:I4." It's like playtime.
What kind of training?
Well, I literally haven't been in a gym this year. So stretching for a half hour is a workout — it's pathetic. We're doing sticks, knives, guns, close hand-to-hand combat training. Stuff to make you look like a badass on screen.
What was it like to announce the cast of "The Avengers" at Comic-Con?
I've never experienced anything quite like that. I'm sure Bono sees that every time he plays a show. You feel like a rock star for 10 minutes. It's completely bananas. I feel like I'm a part of some- thing much bigger than me. I hope I can provide the fans what they need.
Hawksblueyes: As a life long Hawkeye fan and a fan of Renner's, he may be the part of
The Avengers I am looking forward to the most.
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