During an interview for the podcast High Performance, Jeremy Renner, who plays Clint Barton aka Hawkeye, revealed the reason why the Marvel series didn't get a second season on Disney+.
For Jeremy Renner, it's Disney's fault
After appearing in five films of the Infinity Saga, Jeremy Renner, who plays Clint Barton, returns in 2021 with his character in a series dedicated to him, Hawkeye, broadcast on Disney+. The series also stars Kate Bishop played by Hailee Steinfield. However, Marvel fans will only get one season. And the reason why the series didn't continue will make you furious. Indeed, a guest on the High Performance podcast, the actor revealed that the reason there wasn't a second season was because the salary he was offered was an "insulting" offer:
They asked me to do season 2 and they offered me half the money. I thought, 'Well, it's going to take me twice as much work for half the pay, and eight months of my time, basically, to do it for half the price.'
Not without humor, according to Jeremy Renner, if Disney divided his salary for season 2, it was perhaps because of his accident at his home in Nevada. He was run over by a snowplow to protect his nephew:
Excuse me? Why? You think I'm half Jeremy because I got run over?
The actor was seriously injured. He suffered more than 30 broken bones, orthopedic injuries, and a collapsed lung. Renner then underwent a long period of rehabilitation. But is Hawkeye season 2 definitely shelved? Not sure.
A Hawkeye season 2 focused on Kate Bishop?
Indeed, last February, Marvel series director Brad Winderbaum stated that the series had a chance of getting a sequel. A possible season 2 of Hawkeye could center on Kate Bishop with a reduced role for Jeremy Renner. In the same interview, Renner reiterated his attachment to the character and explained that if Disney wanted a second season, they would have to pay him the same as for the first season.
It's worth noting that Jeremy Renner isn't the only MCU actor to have salary issues with Marvel. Carrie Coon didn't reprise her role as Proxima Midnight for this reason, and John Malkovitch, who will star in Fantastic Four: Beginning, turned down numerous offers from the studio, saying that it wasn't enough compared to the hardship of playing in a superhero movie.
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