Man, there are a lot of geek news out there. Hopefully we can offset it and get back to normal on Monday. However, this bit is rather interesting.
“The Hurt Locker” obviously did wonders for underrated actor Jeremy Renner’s career. He was in discussions about taking some sort of role in George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” (many speculated the lead role) and now the thesp says he’s up for a reoccurring smaller role in Marvel films.
In the latest issue of Empire magazine (not online, but our U.K. writer Oliver Lyttelton transcribed for us), Renner says he and Marvel have been in discussions about playing the archer character Hawkeye that will make appearances in a least two upcoming Marvel pictures, including a cameo in “Thor” and then a role in “The Avengers” supergroup.
“Hawkeye could be interesting. They’re going to send me some stuff on it, see what it is. But I think they’re pretty awesome, trying to make superhero movies almost plausible and not just some fantasy thing.”
Sounds like a cameo ala Samuel L. Jackson at the end of “Iron Man.” But man, the way casting is going on “Thor” right now, we wonder if Jon Favreau is feeling envious and perhaps looking to add a little cameo or flavor to “Iron Man 2”? Renner’s a good choice here and we’re glad to seem him get noticed and score gigs. He’s been great for years now. While we couldn’t really see him as traditional super hero, Hawkeye’s origins are rogue and maverick-like and in comic book lore he actually broke into the Avengers HQ to apply for membership. It could be a bit of a rehash of Renner’s rebellious and off-book, ‘Hurt Locker’ character, but it would fit pretty well.
