Jeremy Renner, who got a real bump from The Hurt Locker, is getting his name attached to all sorts of geek properties. First he was talking about a role in the new Mad Max (which it seems like he didn’t get – it appears to have gone to Bronson star Tom Hardy), now he’s chatting up a part in The Avengers, Marvel’s all-or-nothing superhero team movie.
Renner tells Empire Magazine that he’s been talking with Marvel about playing the team’s bowmaster, Hawkeye.
“I met with the Marvel guys, actually, but we didn’t talk about Captain America. But one of the writers, Zak Penn, we’ve become friends over time and he was thinking maybe Hawkeye could be interesting. He sounds like an interesting character.”
He is a pretty interesting character, at least in the original Marvel Universe. He was originally a criminal; he was also in a relationship with Soviet superspy Black Widow (played by Scarlett Johansson in Iron Man 2, and likely in Avengers as well). Hawkeye is sort of Marvel’s take on Green Arrow, only with fewer boxing glove arrows.
We’re still a year or two from The Avengers really getting moving, but there’s no telling if Marvel wants to cameo Hawkeye in Thor or Captain America. There had been talk of a SHIELD agent named Clint Barton – Hawkeye’s civilian name – in Iron Man 2, but that appears to have been just a rumor.
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It all comes down to who they cast and how they handle Captain America. He's the linchpin of this whole operation. If Cap doesn't work, or if he isn't handled properly in a story and thematic sense, The Avengers movie will be irreparably tarnished, and probably outright suck. He's easily the most interesting of all the characters and has the most ground to cover. They need to hire the perfect actor first. I still say Gabriel Macht is the ONLY guy for the job. His look is PERFECT, there is literally not another guy in Hollywoodwho can pull off that all-american handsomeness without being pretty and still being a bad-ass while carrying off that heroic tone. Say what you want about The Spirit, it's a ridiculous movie, but he absolutely nailed the tone and managed to come out the other end clean. Macht is our Cap.
Hell no, I'd say the perfect guy for the Hawkeye role is the guy from Burn Notice.
I love Hawkeye and think Renner would be a good choice. @2: No way, Bruce Campbell's way too old for the role. 😉
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