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Hawkeye: Inside Marvel's Christmas adventure with Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, and Rhys Thomas
By Molly Edwards   November 22, 2021
https://www.gamesradar.com/hawkeye-interviews-jeremy-renner-hailee-steinfeld-marvel-series-disney-plus/ 

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"Clint's someone that we haven't gotten to spend a lot of time with obviously, over the course of the films," Rhys Thomas, who shares directing duties with Bert & Bertie, tells us. "We get to see where he's at, we're two years after the events of Endgame. And so we get to see what he's been doing and how he's dealing with his past."

Hawkeye starts a few days before Christmas. Clint is visiting New York City with his children to watch the all-singing, all-dancing Rogers: The Musical (yes, that's a Captain America musical). We get more of a sense of the Avenger as a person, with the storyline inspired by Matt Fraction and David Aja's much-loved Hawkeye comics. 
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But Kate is not just inspired to become a hero because of her admiration of Hawkeye – she's suffered tragedy in the past. "There are many reasons that Kate wants to just be a source of light," Steinfeld explains. "She wants to help people. And one of the main reasons is, yes, having [experienced this tragedy] in a moment where she discovers Hawkeye, and she sees this person single handedly save people with no special powers. She sees this true human-like quality to this person who is able to achieve these incredibly ambitious things, like saving people, saving the world."
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Another way Hawkeye continues Marvel's efforts to better reflect the world we live in is that, in the show, Clint has a hearing aid for the first time in the MCU – and his hearing loss naturally affects his day-to-day life. "Introducing that was really great, because it was part of the comics," Renner says. "There's some limitations to it, and then there's some benefits that come with it. And it was another asset to work with in human behaviour and the daily workings of the character. I enjoyed the challenges."

Thomas explains the decision, and the care taken in representing Clint's hearing loss. "It was an interesting aspect, I think an extra way of discussing and showing his humanity," he says. "Because we are used to these characters generally having superpowers and suits and things, but Clint is someone who has been beaten up and thrown around and is a real person.

"So it was an exciting way to connect that, and to understand hearing loss and being hard of hearing, versus being Deaf," Thomas continues. "Disney were great in that we met a few times with Deaf consultants to talk us through that world and come to understand it. And I did my best at learning ASL as well. It's really fun, because I think those details were always very important to Kevin [Feige, Marvel Studios President] in getting them right, and later on we've got [Alaqua Cox's Echo] as well, who is a Deaf character."
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"It's definitely a standalone thing in that we have this Christmas setting, and this very fixed timeframe story," Thomas says. "But it being the MCU, of course, it all connects in some way as well. And we've got new characters, and this was teed up at the end of Black Widow as well. And so everything is always a nice entry point. But for the most part, the story is its own little world."

It's safe to assume Yelena and Clint won't be on good terms when they do meet. "We know their past, and obviously what happened in Endgame. We know in these first two episodes that Clint's dealing with the fallout of that," Thomas says. "But in terms of how they meet, I can't – I'll just pretend I don't know. Imagine it's a happy meeting, where they talk over coffee and work things out."
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Kate has taken up the Hawkeye mantle in Marvel comics before. Does that mean this series is a passing of the baton? "It's definitely the beginning of a story," Thomas says. "It's an interesting framework in that we do have this original Avenger, being framed by this new character in terms of, again, she has a vision of him. I would talk about it less as a passing of the baton and more as being Kate coming to understand what it means to be Hawkeye through Clint's experiences, and coming to understand both the responsibility and that cost."


Director Rhys Thomas On Why Matt Fraction’s ‘Hawkeye’ Is So Important To The New Series
MIKE RYAN     NOVEMBER 22, 2021
https://uproxx.com/tv/rhys-thomas-hawkeye-interview-matt-fraction/ 

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Hawkeye, so far (I was given two episodes before this interview) is about the relationship between Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) and the Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) who becomes his protegee after she gets into some hot water after stealing, then wearing, his Ronin costume from Avengers: Endgame. (Clint made a lot of enemies during that time period and now they think Kate is the person who caused all their troubles.)
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Pretty much right off the bat in the first episode we get Rogers: The Musical, which feels very up your alley with your background with Documentary Now! and SNL.
Yeah. That musical, early on, we were trying to figure out what’s a fun way to meet Clint. We knew he was going to be in the city with his kids, and how do you sort of introduce him? And my brain just got to work on what was the last place that he’d want to be?
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Clint getting angry at the Battle of New York scene, “Ant-Man wasn’t even there!” and then there’s Ant-Man dancing on stage is very funny.
And, again, Jeremy’s face, that’s the thing. You knew you were kind of in golden territory, because all you need to do is cut to Jeremy’s face at any point in that performance and you’re fine.

 

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Hawkeye Finale Will Have Major Impact On The MCU's Future, Says Fra Fee
BY CONNER SCHWERDTFEGER      DECEMBER 10, 2021
https://screenrant.com/hawkeye-finale-mcu-impact-future-details/ 

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Hawkeye actor Fra Fee says the finale of the show will have massive implications for the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward. The series has thus far aired four of its six total episodes with new episodes dropping every Wednesday on Disney+. Hawkeye focuses on the burgeoning partnership between expert archers Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) and Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner).
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With two episodes left to go, the folks behind Hawkeye are promising a massive conclusion. Speaking with Screen Rant in an exclusive interview, Fra Fee addressed the finale and noted that the show's final two episodes will see some big events that will fundamentally change the MCU going forward. Fee said:

I genuinely don't know where to begin. This is going to blow your socks off. The finale and by that I mean, episodes five and six, it's all been leading to this. This epic, epic ending, which in and of itself has huge ramifications for the rest of the MCU moving forward. Yeah, you won't be able to eat your Christmas dinner. You'll be far too excited.

 

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Hawkeye Episode 5 Directors Tease What To Expect
BY RICHARD FINK     PUBLISHED 3 DAYS AGO
https://screenrant.com/hawkeye-episode-5-plot-directors-bert-bertie-response/ 

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Speaking with Screen Rant in an exclusive interview, Bert and Bertie teased what to expect in the fifth episode of the series, which will air on December 15, 2021, on Disney+. The duo teased that audiences won't be disappointed with what is to come. They also hinted at a shift in the tone of the series in the future episode but didn't indicate what that tone would be. The duo said:

Bert: You won't be disappointed.

Bertie: I don't think we can be specific. But we can say that you never know where the show is going to go, whether that be with characters, or discoveries, but also with tone. You might be settling into a certain tone, and then suddenly, you're in a very different tone. So that's one of the things we find so exciting about the show.

 

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16 minutes ago, WildPlum said:

I've seen speculation to that end by random people, but I think Renner is enough of a team player that he wouldn't spoiler the end.

Oh no, it wasn't Renner, he just tweeted about episode 5 being up. The first few replies were the ones that I thought might have been spoilery.

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22 hours ago, Morrigan2575 said:

I think maybe I got accidentally spoiled clicking on a Jeremy Renner tweet.

Is there a spoiler out there where  

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Clint dies?

 

No, that’s just speculation not a spoiler. All the Hawkeye spoilers involved the reveals in episode 5. There doesn’t appear to be anything substantial leaked from the finale. 

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