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Jeremy Renner explains how he broke his arms filming 'Tag'

Jeremy Renner said he wore splints and had to work with a physical therapist for the rest of production.

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"Avengers: Infinity War" star Jeremy Renner has opened up about his accident on the sets of the film "Tag" which resulted in him breaking both of his arms. The news was first revealed by the 47-year-old actor's co-star Jon Hamm, who revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that Renner, known for doing death-defying stunts as Hawkeye in Marvel's "Avengers" franchise, fractured his "firewood"-like arms on the third day of filming the new comedy movie. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Renner revealed the injury occurred during a scene in which his character tries to escape being tagged by Hamm, Ed Helms, and Hannibal Buress by climbing up a stack of chairs. But the rigging on the chairs broke, resulting in Renner breaking both of his arms."

"I broke along with it and fell on the ground and broke my arms," Renner said, adding he once again attempted the stunt never suspecting that he had sustained an injury. "Then I realized, I think something's wrong, so I went to the hospital, and they said it was broken, so I got them wrapped up and then I went back to work and did everything I could do to continue on as we did," Renner said. "I couldn't rotate my hands but I could move my arms up and down kind of like a robot, but I would do anything that didn't hurt essentially," he added. The actor said he wore splints and had to work with a physical therapist for the rest of production. He also revealed that the stack chairs stunt, which resulted in his injury, was the one scene that needed the CGI work.

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