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Mayor of Kingstown: Jeremy Renner "A Little Bit Scared" About Return

Mayor of Kingstown star Jeremy Renner shared how he's been feeling since returning to film the third season of the Paramount+ series.

Earlier this month, filming on the third season of Taylor Sheridan & Hugh Dillon's Mayor of Kingstown got underway – with series star Jeremy Renner checking in from the set for the first time since his near-fatal snowmobile accident a little over a year ago. Now, we're getting an update from Renner on how things have been going – and though he's "excited" to be back, there are still some issues & concerns that he's dealing with. "I don't know if I'm looking forward to it. Again, I try to just do everything kind of step by step here. That's one foot in front of the other one. Then you're walking," Renner shared during an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, revealing that he's feeling "a little bit scared" about being back on the set.

"I think I'm excited when I'm there, and I get in a rhythm there. I'm excited about the character and, of course, all the people involved and all that in the storyline, but for me, I'm just tentative of confidence in work." With the long work days taking place "in the freezing cold outside in Pittsburgh," Renner admitted that he's "scared of slipping and falling" due to his not having all of his "lower body strength" back to where it was.

Renner confirmed to Andy Cohen & Anderson Cooper during CNN's New Year's Eve special that he's ready to return to Mayor of Kingstown during the duo's CNN New Year's Eve countdown broadcast. "I think I'm ready. I think I'm strong enough. We'll see…. I literally go back in a week. But I'll be doing my best, trying my hardest." Renner also discussed his journey towards recovery and how important it was to have his family, friends, and fans – along with a team of medical professionals – help him make such a quick recovery.

"I'm just so blessed that I have so many things to live for, brother. I have a giant family; I have a 10-year-old daughter, [and] I would've disappointed and really messed up a lot of people's lives if I would've passed, and so there's a lot for me to get better for," Renner shared with Cohen & Cooper via their satellite interview. "There was a lot for me to fight for, and recovery was just a one-way road in my mind. My recovery became relief for me because I knew I could give relief to my family, my daughter, and all those that I really affected. And my poor nephew, who was there with me on that day, I gave him images that he can never unsee, but I know that my healing would be healing for him."

Renner continued, "With that, I'd never thought about my own physical ailments, my own pain, or my own anguish. I had so many things to fight for, so the one-way road of recovery was my mental sort of attitude, and that attitude was always to get better. There's no option other than that. And I still work at every part, every day, and thank God that I have a lot to fight for." Here's a look at the Renner interview from New Year's Eve night:

Richard Brake (Barbarian), Denny Love (Looking for Alaska), and Paula Malcomson (Sons of Anarchy) have joined the cast of the second season of Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown in recurring roles. Brake's Merle Callahan is one of the Aryan shot callers in Anchor Bay who is currently serving a life sentence, while Love's Kevin Jackson is a rookie prison guard, and Malcomson's Anna Fletcher is a woman from Kingstown with a request for Mike. In addition, Michael Beach's Police Captain Kareem Moore has been upped to a series regular – with Nichole Galicia & Necar Zadegan also returning in recurring guest star roles as Rebecca & Evelyn Foley.

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