HAWKEYE: Clint Barton Rumored To Lose His Hearing During The Upcoming Disney+ TV Series

HAWKEYE: Clint Barton Rumored To Lose His Hearing During The Upcoming Disney+ TV Series

The comic book version of Clint Barton is deaf, and it looks like the Marvel Cinematic Universe is heading down the same route with Jeremy Renner' version of the character in the upcoming Hawkeye series.

By JoshWilding - Jun 26, 2020 01:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Hawkeye
Source: Murphy's Multiverse

Clint Barton has been through the wringer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; after falling under the control of Loki in The Avengers, he later became a fugitive by joining #TeamCap in Captain America: Civil War, and then watched his family vanish before suiting up as the murderous Ronin. 

It seems things are going to become even harder for him in the Hawkeye series coming to Disney+, though, as the Murphy's Law podcast is reporting that the hero will end up going deaf in the show. 

"What was heard was that they were initially going to pursue the idea of Clint going deaf," they explained. "That was part of the plan for the [Hawkeye] series, and so we'll see if that's still in there."

This would line up with the comic books, and even though the hero's hearing loss isn't frequently referenced in the source material, it's a big part of what makes him such a stellar marksman. The loss of hearing could also set the stage for Clint deciding to give up being a superhero, passing on the mantle to Kate Bishop, a character it's thought will be played by Hailee Steinfeld. 

We're clearly going to have to wait and see, but this news should definitely make fans happy. What do you guys think about the possibility of Clint losing his hearing in the Hawkeye TV series? 

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dracula
dracula - 6/26/2020, 1:51 AM
Is that part of the comics?
If not, not sure what it will really add.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/26/2020, 1:58 AM
@dracula

It means he’ll have to learn how to shoot arrows without his hearing

Vigor
Vigor - 6/26/2020, 2:12 AM
Here for the emotional ramifications of this, in the story
Kumkani
Kumkani - 6/26/2020, 2:12 AM
I really hope they do this. It'll be nice to have a deaf superhero.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 6/26/2020, 2:12 AM
Well another one since we're getting that in Eternals.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/26/2020, 2:57 AM
@Necropolitan - I knew about him losing his hearing in the Fraction run, but (looking it up now) I don't think I knew he spent a big stint of the 80's/90's deaf. And apparently he's still deaf in the comics (at least as recently as 2019, according to a screenrant article I found).

My father is currently waffling about his own hearing as he gets older (and years of working in factories), so it would be nice to be able to show him a representation of a still-vibrant-and-fairly-youthful character with hearing loss that doesn't treat it like an old man joke. It's definitely important to represent other facets of the deaf experience, but normalizing and destigmatizing hearing aids would be nice, too.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/26/2020, 3:04 AM
Also, I forgot, there's also that rumor about Echo, too.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 6/26/2020, 4:01 AM
@Spock0Clock - A lot of the early stuff with Hawkeye losing his hearing played it off against his pride... he had to learn to get over being too proud to use or admit that he needed hearing aids.



I’m sure that it could be handled much better today.
Origame
Origame - 6/26/2020, 5:08 AM
@Necropolitan - but then we'll need to recast him as a deaf actor.
Fares
Fares - 6/26/2020, 2:25 AM
So does that mean he'll have to rely on sign language? I would've went with losing vision, like in Old Man Hawkeye.
JustALurker
JustALurker - 6/26/2020, 3:37 AM
@Fares - he would be completely useless without his vision, he is a normal human not daredevil.
Also deaph people are not mute, he can still talk, hell just need to read lips more often with a bit of sign language.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/26/2020, 2:59 AM
FRACTION RUUUUUUUUUUN!!!! Do it.
Nebula
Nebula - 6/26/2020, 5:54 AM
Well I think that'd just make him cooler.
Beartastic25
Beartastic25 - 6/26/2020, 6:13 AM
Lol what? daredevil 2.0??
Nebula
Nebula - 6/29/2020, 6:28 PM
@Beartastic25 - Ah yes, Daredevil. Best known for being deaf.
FryQN
FryQN - 6/26/2020, 9:13 AM
I hope they don't turn him into a moron like the recent comics have done.
EnergyVamp
EnergyVamp - 6/26/2020, 10:52 AM
We gonna act like Wakanda couldnt cure this, cancer, or coronavirus????
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