Hawkeye Season 2: Jeremy Renner Rejected Offer for ‘Half’ His Season 1 Salary to Return

Jeremy Renner turned down an offer for Hawkeye Season 2 over a salary dispute.

Renner has played Clint Barton/Hawkeye in the MCU since 2011’s Thor. He starred in his own Marvel Studios solo series, titled Hawkeye, which was released on Disney+ in 2021.

In an interview with High Performance, via Variety, Renner said that he rejected an offer for Hawkeye Season 2 over a major salary dispute.

What did Jeremy Renner say about Hawkeye Season 2?

“They asked me to do Season 2, and they offered me half the money,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Well, it’s going to take me twice the amount of work for half the amount of money, and eight months of my time, essentially, to do it for half the amount.’”

Renner suggested that the lower salary was “a result of his near-fatal 2023 snowmobile accident.”

He commented, “I’m like, ‘I’m sorry? Why? Did you think I’m only half the Jeremy because I got ran over? Maybe that’s why you want to pay me half of what I made on the first season.’

“…This is not Marvel, mind you. This is like, just Disney, not even really Disney. It’s just the penny pinchers, the accountants. I told them to go fly a kite. I mean, just at the at the insult offer. So we didn’t see eye to eye on it.”

Renner did say that he still enjoys playing Hawkeye and would “love” to do a second season, should a fairer offer be presented.

“I had to defend myself. I didn’t ask for any more money, mind you. Just pay me what I made made the first season. So it’s all disheartening that that didn’t happen, but that’s fine. I’m happy to let that go, because my body’s probably thanking me, time and time again, that I’m not doing it right now. But we’ll see.”