Jeremy Renner has played some wild, dangerous characters, from a man-eating serial killer ( Dahmer ) to a skinhead who falls for a black woman because he believes she's Hitler reincarnated ( Neo Ned ). He's turned in sharp lead performances in indies like Twelve and Holding and Take , and strong supporting ones in 28 Weeks Later , The Assassination of Jesse James , and North Country — but he hasn’t quite broken out. This week he could have his best shot so far with The Hurt Locker , Katherine Bigelow's Iraq-war drama, in which he plays the renegade leader of bomb squad. Vulture spoke with Renner about Iraq movies, working with Bigelow, and his role on ABC's now-canceled The Unusuals . Nearly every Iraq movie has tanked. When you saw the script for Hurt Locker , why did you think this would work? I was nervous initially when I... [read full story]
