Renner told EW in an April interview that the rigging on the chairs broke and ‘I broke along with it and fell on the ground and broke my arms …
Apparently it is true: Renner was injured early in the shoot, and broke both of his arms.
Our favorite movie news story in a while is the tale of Jeremy Renner’s CGI arms in his upcoming comedy Tag.
Rather than recast, rather than delay, co-star Jon Hamm told Ellen DeGeneres that Renner wore green sleeves on his arms that they could later erase in editing and replace with computerized arms.