Jeremy Renner is seeking to avenge his wage at Marvel.
The actor, who starred as Clint Barton within the “Avengers” movies for the studio, claimed in an interview with Excessive Efficiency that he was provided about “half” of his paycheck to return for Disney+ collection “Hawkeye” Season 2. The present debuted in late 2021 and co-starred “Sinners” actress Hailee Steinfeld and “Thunderbolts” star Florence Pugh. Briefly, Renner didn’t see eye to eye on the “Hawkeye” pay lower.
Renner even went so far as to say that after his near-fatal 2023 snowmobile accident, maybe Marvel thought he was half of the actor he was previous to his accidents — which included eight ribs damaged, a damaged proper knee and ankle, a damaged left leg, and a damaged shoulder.
“I’m like, ‘I’m sorry? Why? Did you suppose I’m solely half the Jeremy as a result of I obtained ran over?” Renner mentioned. “Perhaps that’s why you wish to pay me half of what I made on the primary season.’”
Renner continued, “They requested me to do Season 2, and so they provided me half the cash. 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.’ 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 insult supply. So we didn’t see eye to eye on it.”
To notice, although, Steinfeld’s character was a co-lead with Renner: It’s unclear if she would have been the principle position in a second season, with Renner as supporting, and if there have been discussions of a second season, when that may have occurred.
IndieWire has reached out to Marvel for remark.
But Renner would nonetheless like to be again as Hawkeye, both within the eponymous collection or one other franchise installment.
“Sadly, I nonetheless love the character. I’d nonetheless like to do it, however I needed to defend myself,” he mentioned of holding out from Season 2. “I didn’t ask for any more cash, thoughts you. Simply pay me what I made the primary season. So it’s all disheartening that that didn’t occur, however that’s fantastic. I’m completely satisfied 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.”
Carrie Coon additionally just lately mentioned that she turned down a MCU return over a wage dispute. Coon was requested to reprise her voiceover and movement seize position of Proxima Midnight for “Avengers: Endgame,” nevertheless, Marvel was not going to extend Coon’s wage even after the success of 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity Struggle.”
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