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 sequence, titled Hawkeye, which was launched on Disney+ in 2021.
In an interview with Excessive Efficiency, by way of Selection, Renner mentioned that he rejected a suggestion for Hawkeye Season 2 over a significant wage dispute.
What did Jeremy Renner say about Hawkeye Season 2?
“They requested me to do Season 2, and so they provided me half the cash,” he mentioned. “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 recommended 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 assume I’m solely half the Jeremy as a result of I acquired ran over? Perhaps that’s why you wish 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 advised them to go fly a kite. I imply, simply on the on the insult supply. 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 supply be offered.
“I needed to defend myself. I didn’t ask for any more cash, 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 effective. I’m glad 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.”
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.