Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans recall emotional visit to Jeremy Renner after snowplough accident: 'I didn’t know if I was ever going to see him again'
Scarlett Johansson didn't know if she would "ever" see Jeremy Renner again after his horrific accident.
The Avengers actress was "so f****** happy" to see her co-star "thriving" as he continues to recover from his devastating snowplough accident at his home in Nevada on New Year's Day, which saw the 52-year-old actor suffer blunt chest trauma and orthopaedic injuries.
Speaking to Variety in a cover story, Johansson said she and fellow Marvel alum Chris Evans paid Renner a hush-hush visit in Los Angeles last month.
"I was honestly so f****** happy to see him. I didn’t know if I was ever going to see him again," Johansson recalled. "To not only see him again but to see him thriving and in such an amazing space, mentally.
"He’s a very spiritual person in general and a very soulful person. And you can see that in his work. It comes through. He has such a depth to him.
"And I just was so happy to see that he is full of life and light, and he’s also hilarious. We laughed a lot.”
Evans, who was also featured in the Variety interview, added: “No tears at all. A lot of laughs and smiles and hugs,” Evans says. “Leave it to Jeremy to take something this potentially tragic and turn it into something so inspiring.”
Johansson was "very upset" when she first heard about Renner's accident, which saw him suffer more than 30 broken bones and needed multiple surgeries after being run over by the snowplough as he tried to save his nephew as the vehicle headed for him.
But as Renner's condition gradually improved, Johansson and her fellow Avengers started cracking jokes about the Hawkeye actor's speedy recovery on their group chat, which includes the trio along with Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth.
She said: "On the Avengers text chain, we’re like, ‘Okay, you beat us all. That’s it. You won'. That’s like real superhero stuff. It’s unbelievable.”
Renner is currently in the docu-series Rennevations, streaming now on Disney+. Johansson's latest, Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, opens in cinemas on June 22. — BANG SHOWBIZ
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