I cant just go play make-believe right now, said the Mayor of Kingstown actor.
I just dont have the energy for it.
I dont have the fuel, Renner confessed during his June 24 appearance ontheSmartlesspodcast.
Jeremy Renner.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
I have so much fuel to put into this reality, this body, all this stuff.
I cant just go play make-believe right now.
Because Im to do, like, f–ing fiction?
Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’.Dennis P. Mong Jr./Paramount +
Im still trying to live in reality, Im trying to live.
So it was a hard line for me to cross," he said.
“It was a big stretch.
It was very, very challenging for me mentally to get over that hump.”
I dont take it super seriously.
He noted that if he had returned to a very challenging role, he couldnt have taken it.
