Exclusive: Jeremy Renner Talks Hawkeye!
"They still have to find their director for The Avengers"
 We just got back from the Independent Film Gotham Awards where Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker won awards for Best Ensemble Performance and for Best Feature, putting it well into the running for Best Picture at the Oscars. It was a wild and crazy night, but we couldn't leave without getting a few moments in with one of the film's stars, Jeremy Renner, who was all over the internet this weekend when Empire magazine broke the news that he has had talks about possibly playing the role of Hawkeye in Marvel Studios' The Avengers movie.
Anyone who has seen The Hurt Locker knows how great Renner is as a hotshot bomb expert in Iraq, exemplifying the perfect attitude to bring to the Avengers' hotshot archery expert Hawkeye. The first thing we wanted to know was whether there'd been any more news since doing that interview with Empire. "I haven't heard anything since I talked to them three weeks ago," he admitted. "The last I knew is that they still have to find their director for 'The Avengers,' that's where he's really going to show up. They were just talking, 'Like maybe we should consider maybe hiring Hawkeye now' but there's no director on 'Avengers' so they don't really want to force-feed the director, 'Here's the whole cast.' It's a big role so they didn't want to do that to the director, so I think they might wait. I know they're interested, I'm interested, so we'll see if it works out." We told him how excited SuperHeroHype readers--at least the ones who've seen The Hurt Locker--were about his possible casting in the role, and how hopefully those who haven't seen the movie will try and check it out. "They sold me on the idea, too, because I love the idea that Hawkeye's really not a superhero," Jeremy told us. "He's just a man with a high skill set, so I can relate to (that). The Marvel guys are great for how they made Iron Man to be, 'Oh, that's actually plausible' so I bought it and I love that. They're really, really smart guys and I'd love to work for 'em, and we'll see if it works out." When we asked him if he's started reading up on his Hawkeye comic book history just in case he gets the role, he gave us a possible hint of what the character might look like in the movie compared to the comics: "Yeah, but it's going to be modernized, it's not going to be the guy with the big purple (mask), it's not going to be a guy in tights. It's going to be a guy in sunglasses and a vest. He's going to be more modernized and I'm gonna say, 'A cooler-looking version' and not the big weird costume he had on. I don't think they're going that route." So while some people keep busy rooting for Jeremy's Oscar chances, let's all of us here at SuperHeroHype keep rooting for his Hawkeye chances! Look for a lot more interviews from the Gothams over on ComingSoon.net later this week. Source: Edward Douglas Read more about:
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sounds like they will be going for the "Ultimate" look for Clint Barton. Report Abuse
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Sun glasses and a vest... really? Report Abuse
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I love that he wants to play hawkeye, he really has the attitude down, gonna be awesome to the fullest extent... but i pray to god he is wrong about his costume. that is a huge reason i love superheroes, they have the balls to actually where a purple in their costume. i hope the directors and writers know that its necessary to have these costumes because it makes the characters more than man. especially in hawkeyes case, his costume makes him pimp. i can handle no purple but for the love of comics give me a mask!.... in closing, marvels kicks ass~!! Report Abuse
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I thought he looks way better in Ronin (picture up top) costume from the New Avengers than with his old purple costume. Just to funny looking. Report Abuse
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Maybe post a picture of him in his Hawkeye gear instead of Ronin? I wish they would just call him Ronin and use the Ronin outfit, it would look much better on screen. Report Abuse
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"It's going to be a guy in sunglasses and a vest"
Again with the cheap f-cking Ultimate refuge... like Nick Fury wasn't enough. Report Abuse
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I could buy that Hawkeye doesn't wear a costume, but more of a military-issue uniform. It makes sense to me. Report Abuse
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yeahh, they should get the Ultimate Avengers Version (with the Grifter-Looking mask), but of course keeping the bow and arrows, ´cause last time I checked hawkeye was using guns in stead Report Abuse
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y'gotta admit though, the Ultimates, for all intents and purposes, was the attempt to storyboard what a filmic Avengers would look like.
I understand the desire to go as classic as possible though... Report Abuse
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"I pretty much hate the character and everything that's fun about superheroes, but I'm really excited for this role!" Report Abuse
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