In a career that has spanned a variety of films, from thrillers to romances to his current tenure wielding a deadly bow-and-arrow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Hawkeye, Jeremy Renner, the hero of 2009’s Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker, has already received two Academy Award nominations for himself.
Renner, who was recently seen in the reality show titled Rennervations has seen quite a lot of ups and downs in his life before he made it big in Hollywood. Renner’s career progression saw him play a stoned teen who just wants to party in his first film role in the 1995 comedy National Lampoon’s Senior Trip before going on to play a real-life serial killer in the 2002 biopic Dahmer. He then played a criminal in 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Then, by joining the Bourne, Mission: Impossible, and Avengers series, he transformed himself into an action hero.
Jeremy Renner used to be a make-up artist before he joined Hollywood
As shocking as it sounds, our beloved Marvel actor has recently disclosed that before he joined the world of movies, he actually used to be a make-up artist. Renner’s first acting performance was playing the Scarecrow in a production of The Wizard of Oz. There, he acquired the skills necessary to put on his own theatre makeup, which enabled him to secure a job as a makeup artist at the mall.
Renner recognized, that using Lancôme products to imitate the over-the-top, theatrical paint works he was used to would not bring him any clients or dates but he convinced some women that their everyday makeup was a bit too much.
“I figured I could tone it down and do it on hot girls all day. It wasn’t the case. It ended up being older ladies, which was just fine. You want a guy’s opinion on what looks good versus what you think looks good? That blue eye shadow up to your eyebrows does not. Let me try something else,”
Jeremy Renner also stated that he excelled at his work to the point where he was approached with an offer to apply makeup to Playboy models, but he declined because he wanted to continue pursuing his goal of being an actor.
Jeremy Renner could have been a part of a ’90s boy band
Jeremy Renner’s life has always revolved heavily around music. When he was so poor that he had to use candles to light his apartment, Renner told Men’s Health that he taught himself to play the guitar. On Hot Ones, he added that he also frequently went to karaoke clubs during those hard times. His singing voice was so good that he turned down a chance to join a boy band in the 1990s, but when asked by The Guardian, he refused to identify the name of the band. However, the actor revealed to Playboy that he met some of the members of a well-known alt-rock band in the 1990s while out karaoke and they later played a few shows together.
Source: Nicki Swift
