Jeremy Renner said he rejected another season of the Marvel series Hawkeye After getting “half” of its original salary.
The 54-year-old actor contributed as his Avengers Character Clint “Hawkeye” Barton in the first season of the show aired in 2021.
On New Year’s Day 2023, he was involved in a serious accident while helping clearing snow from his neighbors. He was shattered by his large, seven-ton snow plow before being lifted to the hospital, where he was treated for serious injuries, including a collapsed lung and more than 30 broken bones.
Talking about High performance Podcast, Renner said about Hawkeye“They asked me to do season 2, and they offered me half the money. I’m like,” Well, it will take me twice the amount of work for half the amount of money, and eight months of my time, essentially, to do it for half the amount. ”” ”
He added, “I’m like, ‘I’m sorry? Why did you think I’m only half of Jeremy because I came over? Maybe that’s why you want to pay me half of what I did in the first season?’
This is “Not Wonder, Remember You. This is like just Disney, not even really Disney. It’s just Penny Pinchers, Accounting People. I asked them to fly a dragon. I mean, just by the insult offer. So we didn’t see eye-to-eye on it.”
Renner continued to say he would still be open to return to the character in the future and add, “I still love the character. I would still love to do it, but I had to defend myself. I didn’t ask for more money, remember you. Just pay me what I did, did the first season!”
So “It’s a bit condescending that it didn’t happen, but that’s fine. I’m glad to let it go because my body is probably thanking me, time and time again, I’m not doing it right now. But we’ll see,” he added, referring to the strength, it has taken him to just get through his daily life after his devastating injuries.
Last year, Renner said he was “very scared” over his return to act after the accident, especially when it came to playing characters very different from his own personality.
“I just don’t have the energy for it,” Renner said. “I don’t have fuel. I have so much fuel to put in this reality, this body, all this. I can’t just play make-faith right now. Because [it] Takes a lot of time to come right here every day, just so I can have a positive thought so I can move on so I can always keep growing. “
Because “I have to do, like f *** ing fiction? I am still trying to live in reality I am trying to live. So it was a hard line for me to cross,” he added. “It was a great stretch. It was very, very challenging for me mentally to get over that hump.”