Kevin Feige: Hawkeye has a 'Very Specific' Storyline in Avengers: Infinity War

With all the Avengers: Infinity War marketing coming out, a lot of people are still looking for Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye, who has been missing from all of the promos—leading to some speculation from the fans. Apparently, Marvel head Kevin Feige loves all this attention coming Hawkeye's way, and is teasing an arc that will be influenced by Clint's storyline in Captain America: Civil War.

Talking to io9, Feige explains:

"I think it's one of the best things that ever happened to Hawkeye. We [at Marvel] love Hawkeye. There are big, big story things coming up for Hawkeye and Jeremy Renner is as strong an actor as anyone in the MCU and awesome as this character. But ‘The guy with the bow and arrow jokes', right? There are a lot of ‘Guy with bow and arrow jokes.' He even makes ‘Guy with a bow and arrow' jokes in some of the movies. So I love that people go from ‘Oh, Hawkeye is just lucky to be there' to ‘Oh where is he? He's not there? Whats going to happen? We need Hawkeye. We want more Hawkeye.' I love it. It's the best."

As for Hawkeye's storyline in the next two Avengers movies:

"As we were working on both films, we were thinking about story real estate. We had the luxury of cracking both scripts at the same time and we wanted to give each character, especially the original Avengers, their moments. It led us to certain choices, especially considering the events of Civil War where [Hawkeye's] included in this group of insurgents and has to deal with the ramifications of siding against the U.S. government. So that led us to a very specific story with him that, as I've said before is a long play, not a short play. Audiences just need to be patient."

Though I would like to know where Hawkeye at some point in Infinity War, I'm just worried that fans will now come up with some ridiculous expectations for him, and when the movie comes out, they'll be disappointed that they lead to nothing at all. The same thing happened with Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

At least for now, it's clear to Marvel that Hawkeye actually has a special place in the fans' hearts. So much for the ‘guy with a bow and arrow.' Who's going to be the end of the ‘useless' jokes this time? Black Widow?

Avengers: Infinity War comes out April 27.

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