Where’s Hawkeye In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’? The Russo Brothers Have An Explanation
Where’s Hawkeye?
It’s the resounding question thatAvengers: Infinity Warfans are asking as thenew trailer and posterfor the Marvel Studios film takes the internet by storm. Why is Hawkeye — a founding member of the Avengers and a fellow fugitive on the run with Captain America and Black Widow — nowhere to be seen?
Maybe he’s busy playing house with his wife, played byLinda Cardellini, and their kids. MaybeJeremy Rennerdecided to rejoin theMission: Impossiblefranchise after all (hah, nope). Maybe something dire happened to him. There’s a reasonable explanation for everything, andInfinity WardirectorsAnthony and Joe Russohave one for Hawkeye. Don’t worry,Infinity Warhas in something in store for our favorite bow-slinging Avenger.
When the new, jam-packed poster forInfinity Wardebuted this morning, fans of every Marvel character had something to be excited about. Look! There’s T’Challa and Okoye! Yes, Spidey is front and center. Even, Mantis made the cut!
But there are two superheroes noticeably missing. First isPaul Rudd’s Scott Lang/Ant-Man. ButAnt-Man and the Waspis coming out later this summer and is expected topick up directly afterInfinity War. Besides, a high-res version of this poster will come out and we may realize that Ant-Man is standing perched on the “A” or something.
The big missing person here is Hawkeye. He’s always been the least-loved, the most normal Avenger. He’s got a family, no superpowers, and no solo film — not even onecoming up in the future.Could it be he was just forgotten?
Not a chance, the Russo brothers said in/Film’s set visit toAvengers: Infinity War. Hawkeye is still important, perhaps even more so because he’s always been the emotional “heart” of the team. In that interview, Joe Russo revealed that Clint Barton is still around inInfinity War. But just not in the place you’d expect.
Coming out of Civil War, he’s in the same position that Cap and Falcon are at the end of that movie. And Ant-Man. Coming into this movie, you know… Characters on Cap’s side coming out of the Civil War, some made certain decisions and others made other decisions that led to different paths in them dealing with oversight in this movie in a different way. So Hawkeye’s on his own journey in this movie.
After the events ofCaptain America: Civil War, the Avengers were left scattered across the globe. Tony Stark(Robert DowneyJr.),Rhodey (Don Cheadle), and Vision (Paul Bettany) were all that was left of the original Avengers team, while Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), Sam Wilson(Anthony Mackie),and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) became fugitives from the Sokovia Accords.
But Hawkeye missed his kids' soccer practice to get into theCivil Warfight. He has something to lose.
“He has a unique reaction to the civil war situation that puts him in a special spot in this film,” Anthony Russo added.
It’s possible that Hawkeye just went back to his modest farmhouse to live the rest of his days withLinda Cardellini. (Who wouldn’t?) But rumors swirled that Clint is trading his Hawkeye persona for Ronin after he wasspotted on theAvengers 4set with a new hairdo and outfit. Ronin was a reclusive samurai idenity that Clint donned briefly in the comics. But we won’t know if we’ll have to wait untilAvengers 4to see Clint Barton again.
