Talking recently with
Collider, actor Jeremy Renner, the 'Hawkeye' of Marvel's forthcoming superhero flick
The Avengers, discussed the establishing the character from
Thor, and further doing so in a potential solo movie. Also dishing on
The Bourne Legacy in the full interview, linked below, check out an excerpt.
Whether it was fun setting up 'Hawkeye' in Thor, before establishing the character in The Avengers...
"It’s actually difficult because there’s not a lot to do. In Thor, I had to just stand in a bucket and hold my bow and arrow. What’s the character? I have no idea. I was thrown into that very quickly, so it was like, “Am I trapping myself?” It’s a little strange. I don’t know if it’s a good thing. I don’t think I’d go about it, normally, that way. It’s certainly a different way to go about taking on a role."
Whether it ended up trapping him at all...
"No, it was so small and minuscule. It was just saying a few lines. I felt like it would be tough to screw up."
Whether he'd like to further establish Hawkeye in a solo film...
"I don’t know. There are a lot of variables in that one. Would they want to make one? What would it be about? There are a lot of things. I suppose, if they all align, then it could be interesting ‘cause I certainly like the character. But, I don’t know what the future holds."
On what’s it like actually being one of The Avengers...
"It’s great. It’s an amazing cast, and I wish I got to do more with them. But, I had fun with the people I did get to work with."
On whether he gets the feel of an ensemble movie from The Avengers...
"Oh, yeah. It’s huge. Look at how many characters are in that thing. It was the ultimate challenge for Joss Whedon, who knows that universe so well. There was no one better to write it. He was so challenged, to write and direct that thing. I don’t know how you put that many characters in a movie like that. It’s immense. But, with that, you pass the baton. You get to work with very few of them ‘cause everybody’s got their own thing going on. Someone’s in the air, flying around. I’m on the ground, shooting a bow and arrow. There are a lot of things happening. I have no idea what that movie looks like. Zero idea. Most of the time, I have a good idea of how it’s going to turn out because I’ve seen so much of it, but I have no idea. I feel like I might be an extra in it. I’m not sure."
For the full interview, where Jeremy Renner dishes on taking over
The Bourne Legacy, head on over to
Collider.
Marvel's The Avengers is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner with Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Hiddleston, directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel's The Avengers will be released May 4, 2012.