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Hailee Steinfeldis incredibly proud of herHawkeyecostarJeremy Renner.
The singer and actress, 26, shared withEntertainment Tonightat the Sony CinemaCon presentation on Monday thatshe gets “emotional” when discussing Renner’s recoveryfromhis devastating Jan. 1 snowplow accident.
“I’m so grateful that he’s okay, and he has made a truly miraculous recovery,” she said. “I just couldn’t be more grateful that he’s okay, and he’s more than okay. He’s such a fighter.”
Hailee Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner in November 2021.Jeff Spicer/Getty
He revealed that he wasback on his feetlast month, sharing a video of himself walking on a treadmill, and has kept fans updated on his ongoing recovery in the three months since the incident.
ThePitch Perfectalum also recalled how she felt upon meeting theAvengersactor for the first time.
“I go back to thinking about how excited I was just to meet him and then I realized very quickly — I can’t believe I’m going to admit this, but much like Kate Bishop is to Clint, I am that way with Jeremy,” Steinfeld toldET.
“He is like the most inspiring, and not that I already didn’t feel that way about him — I feel that way times a million. He’s amazing.”
Steinfeld and Renner starred in the Marvel spin-off seriesHawkeye, which premiered on Disney+ in November 2021.
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In July 2021, Renner toldEntertainment Weeklyaboutmentoring Steinfeld on setof their Marvel show: “That was always my role. Outside of acting in the thing, I was protecting her and giving her the Cliffs Notes on how it goes with this kind of filmmaking: Green screen, superhero life, all that stuff. "
“I just wanted to protect her, because there’s a lot of physical stuff. She’s a wonderful actress, a wonderful human, and I can’t wait to see all the cool stuff that she’s able to do.”
source: people.com
