Jeremy Renner turned down a suggestion for Hawkeye Season 2 over a wage dispute.
Renner has performed Clint Barton/Hawkeye within the MCU since 2011’s Thor. He starred in his personal Marvel Studios solo collection, titled Hawkeye, which was launched on Disney+ in 2021.
In an interview with Excessive Efficiency, by way of Selection, Renner stated that he rejected a suggestion for Hawkeye Season 2 over a serious wage dispute.
What did Jeremy Renner say about Hawkeye Season 2?
“They requested me to do Season 2, they usually supplied me half the cash,” he stated. “I’m like, ‘Nicely, 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.’”
Renner instructed that the decrease wage was “a results of his near-fatal 2023 snowmobile accident.”
He commented, “I’m like, ‘I’m sorry? Why? Did you suppose I’m solely half the Jeremy as a result of I received ran over? Possibly that’s why you need to pay me half of what I made on the primary season.’
“…This isn’t Marvel, thoughts you. That is like, simply Disney, not even actually Disney. It’s simply the penny pinchers, the accountants. I instructed them to go fly a kite. I imply, simply on the on the insult provide. So we didn’t see eye to eye on it.”
Renner did say that he nonetheless enjoys taking part in Hawkeye and would “love” to do a second season, ought to a fairer provide be offered.
“I needed to defend myself. I didn’t ask for any extra money, thoughts you. Simply pay me what I made made the primary season. So it’s all disheartening that that didn’t occur, however that’s nice. I’m pleased to let that go, as a result of my physique’s most likely thanking me, time and time once more, that I’m not doing it proper now. However we’ll see.”
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.
