Mark Ruffalo asked fans to keep Jeremy Renner in their prayers after he went through a “weather related accident.”
The 55-year-old Spotlight actor took to Instagram with a message about his former Marvel co-star.
“Pray for our brother for a full and speedy recovery,” he wrote. ‘Please send healing kindness his way.’
Thoughts and prayers: Mark Ruffalo asked fans to keep Jeremy Renner in their prayers after he suffered a ‘weather related accident’ (pictured in 2019)
Ruffalo and Renner first appeared on film together in 2012 during the original Avengers movie.
Since then, they have appeared in several other superhero movies, including Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Endgame.
Renner, 51, was in critical but stable condition at the hospital after injuring himself while shoveling snow in front of his Lake Tahoe home Tuesday morning.
The Hawkeye actor, who was alone at the time, was airlifted to hospital on Sunday after police were called to his country mansion.
The circumstances surrounding the accident remain unclear, but police have described it as a “weather related” incident involving a snowplow. A winter storm in the area left 35,000 people without power amid heavy snow and wind.
Message: The 55-year-old Spotlight actor took to Instagram with a message about his longtime Marvel co-star (pictured in 2012)
Longtime co-stars: Ruffalo and Renner first appeared on film together in 2012 during the first Avengers movie (from left to right: Kevin Feige, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Ruffalo and Renner 2019)
Jeremy Renner, pictured in Lake Tahoe last year, is in critical but stable condition after an accident involving a snowplow.
The 51-year-old actor, a two-time Academy Award nominee, was airlifted to hospital on Sunday.
Renner is pictured at his home in 2017. He has said in the past that he had to clear snow to gain access to the property.
“We can confirm that Jeremy is in critical but stable condition with injuries sustained after he was involved in a weather related accident while shoveling snow today.
“His family is with him and he is receiving excellent care,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Kristin Vietti added, “Upon arrival, deputies coordinated with the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and REMSA Health to arrange medical transportation for Jeremy Renner. via a care flight to a local area hospital.
Renner tweeted about the heavy snowfall at his US ranch in December, writing: “Lake Tahoe snowfall is no joke.”
Their home is in a remote mountainous area and they have shared numerous posts on social media showing snow covering their cars and even reaching their first floor windows.
Fans have said they are praying for the two-time Academy Award nominee, best known for playing Avenger Hawkeye in the Marvel universe, Aaron Cross in The Bourne Legacy, and William Brandt in the Mission Impossible movies.
Renner’s palatial Lake Tahoe home, photographed in the summer, is hard to reach during peak winter conditions
The property is nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountains and is almost completely secluded.
Renner is in “critical but stable condition” due to injuries sustained after a “weather related accident while shoveling snow.” He is pictured here on such a machine last December.
A clip from January 2017 shows Renner personally clearing one of the roads near his home. It is believed that this is where he was injured.
The actor has owned a home on Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe in Washoe County for several years.
It came as dozens of people died across the United States amid blizzard conditions.
The Arctic blast brought strong winds and snow, trapping some residents inside their homes in snowdrifts and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses.
The storm’s reach has been almost unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande River along the Mexican border.