As we discussed yesterday, Jeremy Renner finally confirmed an interesting rumor: at some point, he married his baby-mama Sonni Pacheco. Renner confirmed the news to Capitol File magazine in a cover profile to promote his new film, Kill the Messenger. Capitol File finally released the interview, which has some good quotes. He talks a lot about Kill the Messenger (he produced it as well and was involved in casting it). You can read the full piece here. Here are all of the personal-life parts:
CF: Tell me about fatherhood. You have a baby daughter? Does she live with you? Are you married to her mother?
JR: Yes. [Smiling]I did not know that. Congratulations! How come nobody knows that?
I have tried to protect my family’s privacy, my wife’s privacy. I don’t need her to get hammered with my life. Privacy issues are important because I want her to go about her day without being bothered.Do you get bothered a lot?
Yeah… Paps follow me, [and] that’s fine. But it’s annoying being followed when I’m with my family. It’s not just me—everyone [in Hollywood] has to deal with that. I’ve been talked about a whole lot, because the less I put out there, the less people know, and it makes it interesting, I assume.How do you think fatherhood has changed you?
It’s the best thing I have ever done—doing it later on in life. By then I achieved a lot of things that I wanted to achieve; I’m so blessed for that. Now I can really spend time with the family. The only thing I think about when I’m not with my baby is, How do I get to my baby? I need to get to her, and I’m very miserable when I don’t see her. I really love being a father. The only thing that has changed is my perspective on things. I still work, probably even more. It used to be for myself so I’m not old and broke. All these things I still do, but I do it now for the future of my baby, and if it gets in the way of her well-being, then I stop.How old is she?
She’s 17 months old. It is just the best age. I can’t wait for her to get older, but I really enjoy her now. She’s the greatest. She’s into her sticker phase.The father-daughter connection is very special.
Yes. As a father, I’m going to make it very difficult for her to find a man.
Renner talks like he’s kind of one-and-done with fatherhood. Maybe it’s not up to him, but you’d think… I don’t know, Sonni would probably want to do it again. Maybe he’s just so in love with Ava Berlin that he can’t even comprehend having another kid. And I don’t see a problem with his comments about being a dad “later in life.” He’s 43 years old, which isn’t ancient, and his career has only become a major deal in the past seven years. Men feel the work-parenting struggles too, and he’s probably grateful that he was already established as an actor when he became a dad.
He also talks about filming Mission Impossible 5 with Tom Cruise, saying that the whole thing is “a lot of fun” and Cruise is “a great dude. I learned a lot from him, and he can be intense. I’m intense from a darker place; he’s intense because he’s got a lot of energy, and he’s very positive and works hard. He’s funny. He’s a cinephile.” I’m a little bit surprised that Renner is still so content to play second fiddle to Cruise in the MI franchise, but I keep getting the vibe that Renner is just fine with being part of ensembles and letting other people carry the main roles.
Photos courtesy of Sarah Dunn/Capitol File.
That would be ideal in Hollywood. Steady work as part of the ensemble cast, but letting the main actors and actresses get all of the paparazzi and press attention.
I agree 100% you make fantastic money but you don’t get the paps and the stalkers chasing you so much. This would be my ideal. Screw fame give me money.
Plus, it raises his profile just enough so he can get films like Kill the Messenger made. Renner’s agent is a top man on Hollywood, representing people like Tom Cruise, but Renner is his longest standing client and one of his best friends; the two of them together really seem to know what they are doing.
again, very sweet the way he talks about his daughter. (and my son TOTALLY went through a sticker phase several months ago, haha.)
Stickers are a phase? * tosses stickers out back window*
*fiddles nervously with the pickle scratch n sniff sticker on her cellphone*
lol
Ugh. I hate it when fathers of baby girls talk about the kid’s future love life as if it were any of their business. It will be her choice. Talk about giving her confidence. Talk about passing on values and wisdom. And then stfu.
*smacks a calming lilac scratch n sniff sticker on Nicole’s forehead*
Relax, I think he’s just joking.
Agreed, talk about raising a strong, confident young lady who will understand what a healthy relationship looks like so she will make great choices when the time comes.
Every time someone comments that my nieces are pretty and my Brother In law will need to be on his toes or lock them in the basement he says ” nah, we are just going to raise smart women.”
Your brother-in-law sounds like an excellent father 🙂
All fathers do that. And older brothers too. It’s a little corny ,but cute.
All the daddies know they’re the first “charming prince” of their daughter.All the daddies learn in first to protect their family and kids.
in his defense, the thought of my toddler son going off into the big wide world one day, maybe finding a partner, maybe having kids, sends me into frenzied anxiety. i’d ideally have him live with us FOREVER. haha (not really, of course, but that sentiment is always there.)
You can tape him down with stickers. Just a helpful suggestion on the usefulness of stickers.
Yes! Large sparkly owl stickers ARE the answer.
I’m with you. I hate it when fathers talk about locking up their daughters, or when people say, ‘”You’re gonna have to watch that one – she’s beautiful”? Triple UGH.
It’s that whole protecting your daughter’s honor because her worth is tied to her virginity. If she’s not pure you can’t marry her off to some wealthy nobleman. I have no idea what that has to do with 2014, but we still think in those terms. Good girls don’t have sex. Dads make sure of that. For boys it doesn’t matter because it doesn’t factor into their “worth.”
Well its the MI franchise everyone is second fiddle to Tom.
True
I’m sorry, but this man just always looks like he’s ‘preening’ in photos (and on the screen) to me. I think I’m just going to skip future articles about Jeremy Renner because I don’t want to further offend my peeps here who adore him.
I think it’s gross when men say stuff like this about their daughters. It’s possessive and misogynistic and I know it’s just “dads being dads” but it’s still icky.
I am from a big family, but all girls. My dad use to talk like that all the and when we were older he use to make sure boyfriends could see his shotgun lying around when they first came to visit. But it was all just a bit of fun, we were never told who we should and shouldn’t see and on the one occasion when one of my sisters had a boyfriend my parents didn’t like, she didn’t know anything about it until well after they split up. When my dad died all the boyfriends and husbands were devastated too, hell mine cried for the first time in 20 years. So forget the lighthearted man banter, it is how they act that matters.
Because he’ll want them all???
YES
Man he’s looking FINE in these pics. Yes please!
Uh-huh. That closeup is NICE.
I want that jacket in the last pic. I find JR so hot. Always have.
It’s nothing new that he wants to test drive any thing his daughter rides. Most dads only test drive cars, though.
https://mobile.twitter.com/thecoolnw/status/425152674623811584
oops sounds like Mrs. Renner should also keep an eye on Jeremy
I guess I’ll have to give up on having him for myself then.
More seriously, he sounds like such a doting father. How lovely!