Preview: Jeremy Renner on Before & After with Lester Holt

0:00Based on the best-selling novel. I was hired to help Verity write. Verity had a car accident. She'll let her walk or talk again. On October 2nd, discover the truth. This place is insane. Yeah, here you are. About Verity. She was standing right there. She can't walk. I know what I saw. Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett. I feel like I'm losing my mind. Morning, darkness ahead. Verity, directed by Michael Showalter. Rated R. Under 17. I made it without parent. October 2nd. With no fees or minimums on checking accounts, it's no wonder the Capital One bank guy is so passionate about banking with Capital One.

0:38If he were here, he wouldn't just tell you about no fees or minimums. He'd also talk about how Capital One cafes are open seven days a week to assist with your banking needs. Yep, even on weekends. That's pretty much all he talks about. In a good way. What's in your wallet? Terms apply. See CapitalOne.com slash Bank Guy. Capital One N-A, member FDIC. I'm Lester Holt from Dateline with a special preview of my new podcast, Before and After with Lester Holt. In our latest episode, I sit down with Jeremy Renner, the actor who was run over by a snowplow and nearly died. What are your sharpest memories lying there on the frozen driveway?

1:23Well, my condition. Yeah. My breath, the lack thereof. There was a time where the incident first happened, and then my nephew came to my side, but then he left. And I remember that feeling of him being gone, being one of the loneliest feelings. You know, if you're going to die, you don't want to die alone. Paramedics said your heart rate went down to 18 or 19? Yeah, they had to breathe for me a bit. They had to inject through my chest and do all these things. So I would be okay. That's when I passed as well. I just ran out of energy. I just got tired, you know? Pretty crazy. What's it like to die?

2:02Pretty peaceful. And I go, wonderfully peaceful. It's, like, magnificent. There's no questions because everything's answered. Everything just is, and it's all fueled in love, and everything's connected at once, and we're all connected as one thing. Were you going on a journey? Well, I don't know. It was more of, like, a flood of love and this overwhelming feeling of gratification, satisfaction. There's no void of anything. Like you're at the finish line of anything. Whatever, there's a punctuation. It's more like a dot, dot, dot, the continuation of, if it's a punctuation. I think it would be the greatest thing for everyone to be able to do if you knew you can come out of it.

2:46Really? Getting run over? Yeah, or just dying, being tested to your limits in a way. You realize how minuscule many of your problems are. It's great with perspectives. You realize how, like, ridiculous we are here on Earth and our problems. There's all these things that are kind of real big issues for us, you know, down here, right? A parking ticket, you know, you're worried about a boyfriend, all these things, you know. All of it doesn't matter. Thanks for listening. Search Before and After with Lester Holt to hear the full episode now.

3:27Mazda has been named Consumer Reports' safest new car brand. It starts with our approach. Every Mazda comes standard with proactive safety features, so you're more aware of what's around you, more focused on the road ahead, and ready before problems ever start. Mazda. More of what matters most to you. Go to mazdausa.com to learn more. Consumer Reports does not endorse or promote any product.