A redacted Washoe County Sheriff’s Office report on the New Year’s Day snowplow accident in Nevada that severely injured actor Jeremy Renner is providing previously unknown details of the incident.
15.01.2023 - 11:29 / deadline.com
SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from the season 2 premiere of Mayor of Kingstown.
The Jeremy Renner starrer returned to Paramount+ today to address the fallout from last season’s prison riot and the escape of big bad Milo Sutter (Aiden Gillen). Here, Hugh Dillon — who created the drama with Taylor Sheridan and stars as Det. Ian Ferguson — talks about where the new season is going and how Renner’s injuries will impact when — or if — production resumes on a third season. (The show has not received a third season pickup yet).
DEADLINE: First things first: Did your character really have to shoot that pitbull 12 times?
HUGH DILLON Well, yeah! What I love was how that’s a real story. It came from Taylor. It happened in L.A. I love dropping real life into the show. The guy we use as a creative consultant just sent me a thing about a prison that caught a guy trying to bring crystal meth into the prison on a backpack he put on a pigeon. Everything I see now is put through the lens of, would that happen on Mayor of Kingstown?
DEADLINE Is there a theme to this season?
DILLON If anything, everyone is hyper vigilant. It’s more intimate. We’re looking at why these characters do what they do. We’re really steering into what’s triggering these people who are predisposed to their most darkest impulses.
DEADLINE Why is Mike (Renner) so concerned about Milo escaping? Is it all about Iris’ safety?
DILLON It’s all of it. Milo is the head of the snake, a poisonous snake. He’s escaped into the city and there’s money attached to that. There’s history, there’s the girl there.
DEADLINE Why do gangsters like Bunny (Tobi Bamtefa) continue to tolerate Mike?
DILLON It goes back to decades of knowing each other. Mike was in jail
A redacted Washoe County Sheriff’s Office report on the New Year’s Day snowplow accident in Nevada that severely injured actor Jeremy Renner is providing previously unknown details of the incident.
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The reductive take on Taylor Sheridan-made media— and perhaps particularly, the gritty and rugged Paramount+ series “Mayor Of Kingstown” (co-created with Hugh Dillon, one of the series co-stars)— is that it’s macho, maybe even toxically masculine; narratives about aggressive men that feel they must defend their fiefdoms, no matter the size, no matter the cost. In that sense, Sheridan’s work feels so innately American, and maybe that’s why he gets labeled as a Red State creator so often, given so many of his gruff characters seem to have a “don’t tread on me” philosophy of life (think the beautiful loser criminals of “Hell or Highwater”).
Jeremy Renner celebrated his 52nd birthday while in hospital over the weekend. The American Hustle star took to his Instagram Stories on Saturday to share a photo of himself sitting in a hospital bed while surrounded by medical professionals. "Thank you renowned medical ICU team for beginning this journey," he wrote.
UPDATE: Jeremy Renner celebrated his 52nd birthday today in a spot he didn’t envision. But late Friday, he updated fans with a quick image via Instagram Stories.