[OOC] Joss Whedon / Jeremy Renner Quotes

[stupidcupid]

"Jeremy Renner portrays Clint Barton, a.k.a. Hawkeye, who has trained his body and mind to become a world-class marksman. In the process, he also became a world-class loner."

“I love him because he really could not be less of a team player,” Whedon said. “He’s a sniper. That’s the first thing Jeremy ever said to me — it’s this guy’s job to be removed from everybody else and just to watch. So for him to throw in is a very personal thing.”

“He’s always going to be different from the rest of the crew, and that difference is an intangible based on what he does,” Whedon said. “His bond with Natasha [Romanoff, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent called the Black Widow] is special, and it is one of my favorite things in the movie. There’s a connection, but that bond is based on the fact that they are both loners.”

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"...I liked more then anything was the idea that he’s a human being with a high skill set who is a bit of a rogue agent. I’ve played a few snipers before and there’s a really interesting mentality that comes along with being a sharp shooter, so I thought it was a pretty fun character to play."

"We wanted Hawkeye on the team because he was a fan favorite and adds a little bit of an X-factor," says director Joss Whedon. "To have a character who’s not necessarily a mainstream hero that everybody knows about is very cool. The thing about archery is at first you go, ‘All he uses is a bow and arrow?’ People love archery because it’s very primal and deadly, but at the same time it can be very elegant and lovely to watch." The director continues, "Shooting a bow and arrow is a very specific movement and it informed the way Jeremy Renner moved as well. Jeremy is very athletic and can work like a stuntman, but at the same time he is extremely balletic and precise in his movements, which was perfect for Hawkeye. I loved the idea of shooting one way while looking another way because he’s gauging the wind and the trajectory of his target. Action-wise Hawkeye is as fascinating a character as there is in the film."

"Let’s just say it, the purple mask Hawkeye wears in the comics is just not a good idea," he laughs. "As much as possible with The Avengers, you want to see their faces and Jeremy Renner’s face is incredibly compelling, so I said, ‘Here’s an idea…don’t put cloth over it.’ We ended up going with Bryan Hitch’s vision of the costume from ‘Ultimates’ and Mark Miller’s vision of the idea that he’s not a super hero; he is a S.H.I.E.L.D agent. Hawkeye also likes to sneak off by himself to the highest and darkest part of the room and he’s not much of a team player."

""We wanted to make sure that S.H.I.E.L.D was a grounded place because in the Marvel Universe it’s a real organization with agents, missions and operatives," adds executive producer Jeremy Latcham. "Hawkeye seemed like a logical extension of that, as he is a guy who is a master assassin who is very proficient at what he does, but he also is a bit of a wild card as well."

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[justice]

"Shooting a bow and arrow is a very specific movement and it informed the way Jeremy Renner moved as well. Jeremy is very athletic and can work like a stuntman, but at the same time he is extremely balletic and precise in his movements, which was perfect for Hawkeye.

AND YET THEY COULD NOT TEACH HIM TO SHOOT CORRECTLY FOR THE MOVIE SO IT LOOKED GOOD

[stupidcupid]

HAHA YEAH gj guys.