may have said goodbye to ‘s world of espionage, but that doesn’t mean he would never return to the role of William Brandt. The star entered the franchise in the 2011 installment, . At the end of 2015’s , his character retired from his career in the Impossible Mission Force.
In an interview with Renner revealed there was one particular reason he left the franchise, despite reports at the time that he was being groomed to from Tom Cruise. “I had to leave that,” the told the publication. “I was supposed to do more with them.
I love those guys. I love Tom so much. We had so much fun, and I love that character a lot.
It requires a lot of time away. It’s all in London. I had to go be a dad.
It just wasn’t gonna work out then.” Renner welcomed his only child, Ava, with his ex, Sonni Pacheco, in March 2013 and wanted to be an active part of her life. Now that she’s older, star admitted he would “jump” at the chance to return to the long-running franchise.
“Maybe now that my daughter is older that could happen,” he said. “I’d always jump into a anytime and back into Brandt. It’s great.
” During an earlier this week, Renner also talked about his relationship with his daughter and the sweet message he had for her following his near-death snowplow accident in January 2023 when he from being run over by the 14,300-pound vehicle. The snowcat slid and rolled over the actor instead, resulting in more than 30 broken bones and a crushed skull. His injuries we.
