Disney accountants have pulled off one thing even Thanos couldn’t: kill off Hawkeye.
Jeremy Renner stopped by Excessive Efficiency for an interview, and the inevitable query got here up — would he reprise his most iconic position as Clint Barton, higher referred to as Hawkeye? Renner didn’t mince phrases. He known as your entire scenario “disheartening.” He asserted {that a} contract dispute with Disney’s “penny pinchers” means he’s letting the position go for the foreseeable future.
At this level, it’s no secret that, culturally talking, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been going by way of an absence of contemporary, participating concepts. The latest five-hour stream of empty director chairs revealing the forged of Avengers: Doomsday is a main instance. Maybe the franchise obtained too massive, and the concepts too many and convoluted to suit into the general public consciousness. And it’s not simply fan cynicism both — the producers of the Marvel machine have been feeling the pinch as properly. Marvel President Kevin Feige himself was quoted in TIME, saying it’s been exhausting recently for them to seize the zeitgeist as a result of they launch an excessive amount of product.
So there’s an inexpensive assumption to make: Hawkeye Season 1 didn’t earn as a lot as anticipated. And that precipitated them to supply Jeremy Renner half the pay for Season 2. Or possibly they deliberate to present him a extra secondary position as he ultimately passes the torch to a really succesful Sinners star Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop. Regardless, Renner wasn’t having that. To the star, the supply felt insulting — particularly coming so quickly after his life-threatening snowmobile accident. Renner stated:
“I’m like, ‘I’m sorry? Why? Did you suppose I’m solely half the Jeremy as a result of I obtained ran over? Perhaps that’s why you need to pay me half of what I made on the primary season.’”
Contemplating Marvel is synonymous with field workplace success, you’d assume their monetary compensation with stars is exemplary. However you’d be mistaken.
As early as Iron Man 2, actors like Terrence Howard had been pushed out of the franchise over wage disputes. John Malkovich, set to debut in Improbable 4: The First Steps, shared that he turned down the franchise a number of occasions as a consequence of lowballed provides.
Carrie Coon, too, stated the one cause she didn’t return for Avengers: Endgame was an absence of a wage enhance. She even claimed folks could be “stunned” by Marvel salaries. And if her efficiency within the final episode of The White Lotus is something to go by — your loss, Marvel.
Fortunately, nevertheless, it appears Feige is studying from previous errors. In his acknowledgment that they might have flooded the market with an excessive amount of product, he vowed to decelerate and be extra intentional going ahead.
Not like these different stars, Jeremy Renner is likely one of the founding faces of this franchise. Renner actually deserves to be handled as such. As a result of with each single criticism that reaches the followers, the goodwill Marvel has ridden on for almost twenty years chips somewhat bit extra.
Marvel has but to touch upon the scenario. The main focus now’s on Thunderbolts, which is getting glowing critiques from all the most important publications. Maybe Jeremy Renner leaving and Marvel injecting some new blood is greatest for everybody concerned.
