Jeremy Renner ’s casting in Rian Johnson’s Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery immediately raised a deliciously nerdy question: how does a guy who was already a hilarious punchline in Glass Onion, playing himself in the now infamous “Jeremy Renner Hot Sauce,” now show up as a flesh-and-blood character without breaking the bit? The actor explains how his new role works in relation to this ridiculous Glass Onion cameo.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly at TIFF, the Hawkeye actor joked about the whole continuity issue. He made it clear this was never his problem to figure out, and here’s what he had to say:
I wasn't part of that discussion, but I know it was talked about it. I don't know what they said.
The short answer is: the hot-sauce gag and a real chara