Hawkeye's monologue during the car chase scene with Black Widow in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) about remodelling the character's house is a thinly-veiled reference to Renner's real-life hobby of remodelling Hollywood movie star's homes. He found the production of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) such a negative experience that he took a sabbatical from acting afterwards. Was going to reprise his role as Hawkeye in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), but was unavailable. Was considered for the role of Reiner in The Counselor (2013). In addition to acting, he has studied disciplines including world religion, criminology, Arnis (Filipino martial arts), and Muay Thai martial arts. He first became interested in acting through an exercise at a local police academy, which gave him the opportunity to role-play a domestic disturbance perpetrator as part of a police-training exercise for an easy $50. Joss Whedon seemed to noticed this, as Hawkeye had a much larger and important role in the sequel. Philip Seymour Hoffman replaced him.Īdmitted that while he was happy to have done The Avengers (2012), he felt that Hawkeye was snubbed in screentime. Was originally cast as Freddie Quell in The Master (2012), but dropped out. Turned down the role of Lou Harris in The Big Bounce (2004). Was originally set to star in Battleship (2012), but dropped out. Was originally cast as Inspector Emmett Fields in The Raven (2012), but dropped out so he could be in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011). Turned down the role of Jackson "Jack" Lamb in Super 8 (2011) in order to be in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011). Was considered for the role of Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).