Jeremy Renner Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ

Jeremy Renner breaks down his most iconic characters, including his roles in 'Dahmer,' 'The Town,' 'The Hurt Locker,' 'Hawkeye,' 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,' 'Arrival,' 'American Hustle,' 'The Bourne Legacy,' 'Wind River' and 'Mayor of Kingstown.'

00:00 Intro
00:17 'Dahmer'
03:04 'The Town'
05:45 'The Hurt Locker'
10:04 'Hawkeye'
13:07 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'
15:51 'Arrival'
18:39 'American Hustle'
20:35 'The Bourne Legacy'
23:42 'Wind River'
25:51 'Mayor of Kingstown'

Jeremy Renner stars in Mayor of Kingstown streaming now on Paramount+ and Marvel's Hawkeye only on Disney+


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Jeremy Renner Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ

[FreakUsOut]

He’s been in so many iconic movies and yet I feel like he’s so underrated. What a guy!

[betterchapter]

Jeremy Renner is one of the most underrated actors working today.

[Serenify]

Jeremy Renner, the dude is so much more talented than he’s given credit for! So down to earth and humble. He deserves all the success he gets!

[robertreid]

I'm so glad Jeremy talked about Arrival. Such a brilliant movie, and also one of my favourite movies that came out in 2016. 2016 had a lot of great movies that year.

[genegreigh]

Casting Renner as Clint Barton ("Hawkeye") was a stroke of brilliance. In addition to looking vaguely suitable, he perfectly captured Clint's weary snark. Yes, super-heroic fantasy is preposterous, but we can still love the characters who display the most coherent inner truth. Renner nails this role, and excels at others as well.

[elhopper]

Hawkeye will forever be one of my favorite Marvel characters. He’s so under appreciated and he’s doing a fantastic job in the Hawkeye show as well. Delivering those emotional scenes and grumpy dad comments with ease. Got me into archery too!

[kuzz]

ill always love jeremy for the way he delivered that one line "if you could see your whole life before it happened would you changed anything?"
"maybe id say how i feel more often"
i just relate to that so much its stuck with me

[BooneLuleyo]

Wind River is such an underrated masterpiece. Mayor of Kingston is amazing too. Jeremy Renner is such an great actor for real. Those two pieces of art are just proof of that.

[willjoc]

You can tell Jeremy pays deep attention to his roles. His description of his role in The Hurt Locker was super intriguing. Seems like a super humble guy!

[carolpaci]

So excellent in all he does .HurtLocker an amazing role for him hope he will be okay after this very tragic accident .

[Dani-rzdj]

I wept and still weep every time I watch Arrival, too, Jeremy 🥺 One of the most beautiful films of all time.

[saifmahmudishtiakshushaan]

Yes he finally talks about American Hustle, Arrival and Wind River, unlike in the Vanity Fair video. Such great movies, especially Arrival. The guy behind the camera essentially conveyed my feelings for that movie.

[elhopper]

So glad he talked about Bourne! Loved him as Aaron Cross and really hope they make another one with him in it someday

[paramitch]

I remember watching Jeremy Renner back when he was just starting out, on Bravo's "The It Factor, " a TV show about actors trying to make it big. He was one of the actors, and he came across as this nice, very hardworking down-to-earth guy. And he got "Dahmer" and "SWAT" I think, while filming, and there was a moment when he went to his mailbox and there was a check in it for some ungodly amount of money, like $100k or something. And he took it out and looked at it, and looked at the camera, and was just like, "I think I just made my last late rent payment" or something, and it always stayed with me. He was just so humble and appreciative and he understood that he had kind of won the acting lottery, basically (he's very talented, and deserves it, but I also think he understood how lucky he was).

I think he makes great choices -- every movie featured here was terrific, and "Arrival" is easily one of the most beautiful films I'll ever see in my life.

Also, I will always feel that "The Bourne Legacy" was a wonderful movie and criminally underrated, and yeah, it's a hill I'm willing to die on. ;)

[teresarandall]

Jeremy Renner always comes to mind as probably as one of the most underrated artists in Hollywood. This man is seriously talented, acting, singing, producing. He is the real deal!!!❤

[manavbhalla]

And this excluded SWAT and MI4 and so much more. Man this guy has done some great movies

[delrey]

Hurt Locker, Ghost Protocol, Arrival, and Wind River are some of my favorite movies.

[karabellaellaellaella]

I’m sad they didn’t include Ghost Protocol. He has great stories about that movie. But yeah, Arrival and Wind River and Hurt Locker are some of my all-time favorites 💜

[Mlynoph]

Jeremy is just such a genuine guy man. Such a great and charismatic guy. Definitely one of my favorites out there. Hurt locker remains one of my favorites and hawkeye remains one of my favorite superheros of all time!

[solasluna]

I swear they can blindfold me and only listen to Renner talking and I'd know exactly who it is. His speaking voice is so unique and 'his'. Love his songs too. 🤗