Jeremy Renner Says Disney Supplied Him Half His Hawkeye Wage for Season 2

If any current Disney+ Marvel show appeared poised to get a second season, it was Hawkeye. It starred one of many unique Avengers, performed by Jeremy Renner; set up a new, younger version of the hero in Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop; and advised a narrative featuring characters that have since come again somewhere else like Kingpin, Yelena, Echo, and others.

Effectively, in response to Renner he was requested to do a second season, however was solely supplied half of what he made for the primary season, so he turned it down. “They requested me to do a season two, and so they supplied me half the cash,” Renner mentioned on the High Performance podcast. “I’m like, ‘Effectively, it’s going to take me twice the quantity of labor for half the sum of money, 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? Perhaps that’s why you need to pay me half of what I made on the primary season,’” he continued, referring to his 2023 accident the place he was run over by a Sno-Cat, struggling close to life-ending accidents.

Renner shortly added that it wasn’t Marvel who did this, however accountants at Disney. “This isn’t Marvel, thoughts you,” Renner mentioned. “That is like, simply Disney, not even actually Disney. It’s simply the penny pinchers, the accountants. I advised them to go fly a kite. I imply, simply on the insult supply. So we didn’t see eye to eye on it.”

This, if we’re being sincere, doesn’t add up. Disney is Marvel and accountants who work for Disney are representing Marvel. However the implication, it appears, is Renner doesn’t need to blame Marvel’s artistic individuals, simply the individuals who signal their checks.

io9 reached out to Disney for remark and an insider there disputed Renner’s claims, however did not get into specifics. So that is definitely simply his aspect of the story.

Renner’s hesitance to position the blame particularly on anybody might be additionally as a result of he says he want to play Hawkeye sooner or later. “Sadly, I nonetheless love the character. I’d nonetheless like to do it, however I needed to defend myself,” he mentioned. “I didn’t ask for any extra money, thoughts you. Simply pay me what I made the primary season. So it’s slightly disheartening that that didn’t occur, however that’s superb. I’m comfortable to let that go, as a result of my physique’s in all probability thanking me, time and time once more, that I’m not doing it proper now. However we’ll see.”

Right here’s the clip:

So there you’ve it. Because it stands now, it definitely looks as if Hawkeye season two shouldn’t be at the moment within the works. Which is a disgrace. We might’ve beloved to see Renner proceed to mentor Kate Bishop as she rises the ranks of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However possibly issues will come collectively sooner or later.

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