Jeremy Renner is revealing why he turned down returning to Disney+ for 'Hawkeye' season two. Renner revealed that the reason he decided to shoot down the idea of another season was because he was allegedly only offered half of his original season one salary.
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00:00Jeremy Renner is revealing why he turned down returning to Disney Plus for Hawkeye Season 2.
00:07Renner revealed that the reason he decided to shoot down the idea of another season
00:11was because he was allegedly only offered half of his original Season 1 salary.
00:17He called the powers that be at Disney the penny pinchers
00:20and noted this happened after his devastating 2023 snowplow accident,
00:24which nearly cost him his life and took months of rehabilitation to recover from,
00:29adding insult to literal injury.
00:32While on the High Performance Sports podcast, Renner said,
00:34They asked me to do Season 2, and they offered me half the money.
00:38I'm like, wow, it's going to take me twice the amount of work for half the amount of money.
00:42Eight months of my time, essentially, and you do it for half the amount?
00:46I'm like, I'm sorry, why?
00:47Did you think I'm only half the Jeremy because I got ran over?
00:50Is that why you want to pay me half of what I made on the first season?
00:54A Disney insider contacted by The Hollywood Reporter disputed Renner's claims,
00:58but did not get into specifics.
01:01Added Renner,
01:01I told him to go fly a kite at the insult offer,
01:04and we didn't see eye to eye on it, sadly.
01:06I still love the character.
01:08I would still love to do it, but I had to defend myself.
01:10I didn't ask for any more money, mind you.
01:13Just pay me what you paid me the first season.
01:15It's unclear if or when Renner could return to Marvel.
01:19He was not among the cast announced for Avengers Doomsday,
01:22though more castings are to come.
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