![In a recent interview OG Avenger Jeremy Renner explains why he won't be returning for Hawkeye Season 2, which is rumored to go ahead anyway. First off, let us deal with the facts. Renner had a Tik Tok interview with High Performance and he says he was asked to do Hawkeye Season 2, but for half his fee for Season 1. “They asked me to do Season 2, and they offered me half the money. I’m like, ‘Well, it’s going to take me twice the amount of work for half the amount of money, and eight months of my time, essentially, to do it for half the amount.” “I’m like, ‘I’m sorry? Why? Did you think I’m only half the Jeremy because I got ran over? Maybe that’s why you want to pay me half of what I made on the first season.'” “This is not Marvel, mind you. This is like, just Disney, not even really Disney. It’s just the penny pinchers, the accountants. I told them to go fly a kite. I mean, just at the at the insult offer. So we didn’t see eye to eye on it. Sadly, I still love the character. I’d still love to do it, but I I had to defend myself. I didn’t ask for any more money, mind you. Just pay me what I made made the first season. So it’s all disheartening that that didn’t happen, but that’s fine. I’m happy to let that go, because my body’s probably thanking me, time and time again, that I’m not doing it right now. But we’ll see.” RELATED: Thunderbolts* Opens With A Fresh Score On RT After Review Embargo So Renner leaves the door open if Disney are willing to match his fee for Season 1. However, rumor wise, it seems like that might nit happen. We have a rumor from MTTSH that despite this news Hawkeye Season 2 will move ahead without Renner. "Despite Jeremy Renner's decision to not do it a season 2 of Hawkeye, [it's] still moving forward with Hailee Steinfeld as the lead." Hmm, I have no doubt Steinfeld can lead the series if that's the direction. But, then it's not Hawkeye Season 2 is it? It's Kate Bishop Season 1, unless she takes on the Hawkeye name, which she hasn't done so far. Not sure I buy this one myself, and I could see Disney working out a deal, but I know little about the business side of Hollywood, so maybe I'm just dreaming because it ain't my money? Oh well, what do you think as Jeremy Renner explains why he won't be returning for Hawkeye Season 2? What about the rumor it will go ahead without him? Thoughts below.](https://lrmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/APT-102-00765_R2-scaled.jpg)
Not having had the time to review each episode of Hawkeye, I felt it was time for a Hawkeye finale aftermath discussion. Where and how does this show change the MCU going forward and what does the future hold for some of these character? It makes sense to do that we need to get into the details of the Hawkeye finale. Ergo, you are hereby forewarned.
Full SPOILERS For Hawkeye Season Finale Below.
Ok, so let’s get into that Hawkeye finale aftermath. First let’s start with our heroes. Many fans predicted Hawkeye could be the end of Clint Barton and actor Jeremy Renner. However Clint does indeed get to survive and make it home to his family for Xmas, which, in a seasonal show like this, was always going to happen for me. As for Kate Bishop, she’s great, but you don’t feel she’s yet anywhere near ready to take over as the new Hawkeye. We do leave the pair in what appears to be a firm partnership and friendship as Kate joins the Barton’s for Crimbo dinner. I guess the immediate future for both is that Kate will train under Clint some more, and perhaps one day, Kate will take over?
With Eleanor’s arrest and Jack turning out to be not that bad of a guy, one wonders whether this relationship will develop going forwards. Surely the Bishop business will still need to be run, and Kate running security from lends itself to future stories. I’d especially love if her and Jack become close and he acts like a father figure to her going forward. Plus, Tony Dalton is the MCU, damn you gotta keep using him if you can Marvel.
Could we get a Hawkeye Season 2? Absolutely, though will Kate don the mantle of Hawkeye by then, who knows?
Echo
It’s pretty clear that the show really being set up here for next though is Echo. Maya knows who had her father killed now, and in a confrontation with Fisk where she tries to fake acquiescence Fisk see’s straight through her and orders her killed. Kazi, not wanting to be the one ends up trying to kill Maya and is defeated and left for dead. Though, I suspect we will see Kazi again in Echo. As for Echo herself who knows? When we leave Maya here it’s in a pretty dramatic scene where she seemingly shoots her old Uncle Fisk.
Of course the camera cuts away in true TV serial format, but then, did we really want Fisk back to just kill him again? Don’t fear fans, if Marvel are going by the comics in anyway, which they seems to be doing here, then Fisk survives and comes back to claim what he lost. That clearly leads us in to potential conflict in Echo. If rumors Matt Murdock shows up are true, then we could see those two bond over Fisk.
The Watch
The mystery of the watch was solved. However, it’s not great new for those AOS fans who still claim the show was in the MCU. The watch is revealed to be a SHIELD watch and the 19 designation clearly marks out Clint’s wife as being once Agent 19. Agent 19, aka Bobby Morse, aka Mockingbird who married Clint in the comics. In AOS Bobby was played by Adrianne Palicki. Perhaps Laura is merely a name she took to hide her identity as Bobby? Or, Marvel has no intention of getting into the Mockingbird thing and it was just a small Easter egg to show how these two met at one point? Also, this is perhaps why Laura seems to be hidden away in earlier movies?
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Overall Hawkeye was a fun show with good and not so good moments, the finale choreography wasn’t amazing to me. However I think it leaves the MCU in a better place that it was before it. If that makes sense for a reason to like the show, then so be it. For some it may not and that’s fine.
However of all the Marvel shows, this was the one I was least excited about. Now, after watching it, I rate it above The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. I am also now excited for what Echo could be, and future Daredevil projects down the line.
Where do you stand on this Hawkeye finale aftermath discussion? Thought below as always.
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