Jeremy Renner claims he declined “Hawkeye” season 2 as a result of ‘penny pinchers’ supplied ‘half the cash’ of season 1

Jeremy Renner says a wage dispute is a part of the explanation that Hawkeye has but to get a second season.

"They requested me to do season 2, they usually supplied me half the cash," the Avengers alum claimed throughout a brand new interview with Excessive Efficiency. "I’m like, 'Wow, it’s going to take me twice the quantity of labor for half the amount of cash? So, eight months of my time, primarily, to do it for half the quantity?"

Renner indicated that the alleged supply got here in after his near-fatal accident, during which the actor was crushed by his snow plow on New 12 months's Day 2023 whereas attempting to divert the car away from his nephew. The MCU actor was airlifted to a hospital after the accident, the place the medical employees decided he had suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic accidents. He was discharged after two weeks and revealed on social media that he broke greater than 30 bones and had a collapsed lung.

"I’m like, 'I’m sorry? Why? Do you suppose I’m solely half the Jeremy as a result of I received ran over? Perhaps that’s why you wish to pay me half of what I made on the primary season,'" Renner stated of his response. "This isn’t Marvel, thoughts you. That is like, simply Disney— not even actually Disney. It’s simply the penny pinchers, the accountants."

Renner stated he declined the "insult supply," however continues to be fascinated about returning to the sequence to reprise his position as Clint Barton, a.ok.a. Hawkeye.

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"I instructed them to go fly a kite," he stated. "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 [in] the primary season. So it’s all disheartening that that didn’t occur, however that’s fantastic."

He added, "I’m pleased to let that go as a result of my physique might be thanking me, time and time once more, that I’m not doing it proper now. However we’ll see.”

A Disney insider disputed Renner’s claims however declined to get into specifics.

Hawkeye debuted in December 2021, selecting up on the adventures of Clint Barton after the occasions of Avengers: Endgame. The six episode sequence adopted Clint within the days earlier than Christmas, Hailee Steinfeld as his arrow-slinging protégé Kate Bishop and likewise that includes appearances from Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova and Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk.

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Whereas chatting with Leisure Weekly earlier this 12 months, Marvel Head of Tv Brad Winderbaum stated the studio has been "in search of alternatives" to revisit Hawkeye, noting that it has loads of potential for a second season "as a result of it's Christmas, as a result of it's Clint and Kate."

Watch Renner's full feedback above.

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