Throughout a brand new interview with Excessive Efficiency, Renner revealed that whereas he had been requested to do Hawkeye season 2, he turned it down. The rationale for him passing on returning for Hawkeye season 2 appears to be because of the MCU veteran solely being provided half of his season 1 wage, as he shared the next:

They requested me to do Season 2, they usually provided me half the cash. I’m like, ‘Well, it’s going to take me twice the quantity of labor for half the amount of cash, and eight months of my time, primarily, to do it for half the quantity. I’m like, ‘I’m sorry? Why? Did you assume I’m solely half the Jeremy as a result of I obtained ran over? Possibly that’s why you need to pay me half of what I made on the primary season.’

This isn’t Marvel, thoughts you. That is like, simply Disney, not even actually Disney. It’s simply the penny pinchers, the accountants. I informed them to go fly a kite. I imply, simply on the insult supply. So we didn’t see eye to eye on it. Sadly, I nonetheless love the character. I’d nonetheless like to do it, however I needed to defend myself. I didn’t ask for any extra money, thoughts you. Simply pay me what I made the primary season. So it’s all disheartening that that didn’t occur, however that’s tremendous. I’m pleased to let that go, as a result of my physique’s most likely thanking me, time and time once more, that I’m not doing it proper now. However we’ll see.

On the time of this story’s publication, Disney and Marvel Studios haven’t responded to Renner’s Hawkeye season 2 feedback. There are additionally at present no introduced plans for when Renner will return within the MCU as Hawkeye.

Provided that Renner has been with the MCU since Part 1, his feedback are very surprising to listen to, particularly as he is without doubt one of the leads of the Hawkeye TV present, which makes his wage supply extremely questionable. Nonetheless, it is value making an allowance for that simply because he has handed on Hawkeye season 2 in the meanwhile, Renner made it clear that he can be open to returning to the collection if he was provided the identical as in season 1. Whether or not or not Marvel Studios and Disney will come round stays to be seen.

Whereas Renner’s replace on Hawkeye season 2 is a big shock, it is essential to keep in mind that Disney+ has but to formally commit to a different season of the MCU TV present. In February, Marvel Studios’ Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum, gave a brand new Hawkeye season 2 replace, specifying that the collection “is another one that feels like you can make a second season of that show because it’s Christmas, because it’s Clint and Kate. You can kind of revisit it whenever, and we’re looking for opportunities to do that.” Nonetheless, that by no means meant that Hawkeye season 2 had been formally greenlit by Marvel Studios and Disney+.

It is also value noting that tv exhibits traditionally have a lot decrease budgets than motion pictures, particularly blockbuster motion pictures just like the MCU, so the wage supply might’ve been reflective of Marvel’s change in how they produce TV. Beforehand, they’d been producing their TV exhibits equally to motion pictures, and the budgets had been additionally comparable. Because the Marvel TV overhaul in 2023, the studio has moved to a extra commonplace tv manufacturing course of, which can have led to the decrease wage supply. Nonetheless, the precise motive stays to be seen, and Renner steered it was as a consequence of his harm.

Listening to that the preliminary supply to Renner for Hawkeye season 2 was so low, it is extremely disappointing to see, particularly for the reason that MCU star has been a part of the franchise for the reason that starting. With the nice dynamic between Clint and Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop, it will be phenomenal to see Hawkeye season 2 occur – if Renner can receives a commission correctly. Hopefully, Marvel Studios and Disney will rethink and work it out with Renner with the intention to make Hawkeye season 2 occur – but when it is a results of decrease TV budgets, it will not be potential.

Hawkeye

7/10

Launch Date

2021 – 2020

Writers

Don Heck, Jonathan Igla

Upcoming MCU Motion pictures

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