Jeremy Renner used to want to have five daughters all adoring their daddy
Jeremy Renner is currently promoting Arrival, the film where he sort of plays second fiddle to Amy Adams. Realistically though, I think they’re probably considered co-leads, especially since Renner is hustling so hard for this movie. He covers the new issue of #Legend Magazine, or are we supposed to call it Hashtag Legend? I have no idea. You can read the full interview here. Some highlights:
Whether he speaks other languages: “I understand Spanish pretty well. I used to teach it in high school, but then haven’t used it in a good many years, so my motor skills of speaking the language are pretty primal.
Whether he believes in aliens: “I certainly believe in another life out there, for sure. Perhaps not how we perceive it in the cinema, but for sure, yeah, I certainly believe in that.
Musical plans: “The idea is to release a few singles and drop an album. It’s all, kind of, up in the air. I don’t cement myself to any decision. I have no expectations or ultimate goals. I don’t need music to make money. I’ve already made a ton of money. The idea is just to share it.”
Musical inspirations: “I grew up with classics like The Beatles. But every night I also listen to Beethoven. I don’t really discriminate with music, as long as there’s melody. My songs have flavours of contemporary music with pop sensibilities like Bruno Mars, whom I’m crazy about, Hozier, Kings of Leon and old-school flavours like Otis Redding. There’s a very soulful pop mentality to it all. There’ll be emotional stuff that takes you back.
On fame: “Yeah, here’s the thing. That’s not something I ever wanted. It comes with the gig. You don’t want to sh-t on it, but what are you going to do? It’s much worse for women, by the way. They’re dissected on everything from what they wear to the beach to cellulite; just awful, disgusting things. Women celebrities get it a lot harder than guys. You have to get a thicker skin than already what it takes to be an actor, which is not the greatest thing. I don’t want to be guarded. I don’t want to have side eyes looking around everywhere I go because of people wanting something from me.
What his daughter Ava has taught him: “On the surface, she’s given me the greatest gift in life: the gift of focus and undeniable clarity of what I really want. It’s what real, true, unconditional love is. Say there’s an Oscar on my shelf. Well, that Oscar is not going to be there at my deathbed. My daughter will be. She’s blessed me with thoughts and wisdom about life. It’s a really wonderful gift. And now I have the opportunity where I have the luxury of spending a lot of time with Ava, and I want to. Being a father is the best role to date. There’s nothing that’s going to trump it. And that’s a wonderful feeling, to be so secure about what I want to do and what I want to be. There are a lot of things I don’t speak about, but this is something I do cherish, and will speak to you about it or on Instagram. It says a lot about who I am: being an involved parent, a cool father and making it a cool, bitchin’ thing.
How many kids he’d like to have: “Ava was such an angel baby and never acted out. I want to have, like, five of them. I just want to come home and have five girls adoring their daddy. The idea of that sounds fun, but once it sinks in, that diminishes the amount of time spent in the preciousness of each individual child. So I’m just happy I have Ava in my life. I’m pretty happy with that.
I think he sounds a little bit pretentious and New Age-y at times, but mostly it’s fine. He loves music, he loves working, he loves being a dad and he’s trying very hard to not make news following a rather scandalous back-and-forth with his ex for the better part of a year. Perhaps this is his rebranding – he doesn’t care about Oscars, he’s super-chill, he’s just focused on Ava. I also think this is very telling: “I just want to come home and have five girls adoring their daddy.”
Photos courtesy of #Legend.
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