Jeremy Renner to play Steve McQueen

Jeremy Renner has confirmed he is to play screen legend Steve McQueenin a biopic but there will be no motorcycle jump.

The Oscar nominated star says he is deliberately avoiding McQueen’s iconic stunt from The Great Escape in his version of the story behind the late star. ”

Everybody knows about that stunt, so why talk about that? There’s a photo of him where a butcher in a shop is bandaging up his hand,” says Jeremy.

“The movie set is around the corner, and he was either just preparing to do a stunt or had just done a stunt.

“I want to know what that conversation was, between that butcher and McQueen, in that butcher shop. That’s more interesting to me. I think an inside look into his life, as a human being, could be fascinating. That’s what we’re exploring. The film is going to be a little different.”

Renner recently revealed he puts women second to his career.

“I never dated, because I couldn’t afford to date. I didn’t even have electricity. You try to put a positive spin on it, like, ‘Hey, this is so sexy look at all these candles!’ ” he said.

“But I loved what I was doing.

“The sacrifices I made in personal relationships had the biggest effect on my life. Even now, any woman would take a No. 2 seat to my job.”