Clint Barton (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

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Clint Barton
Marvel Cinematic Universe character
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye in The Avengers (2012)
First appearanceThor (2011)
Based on
Hawkeye
by
Adapted by
Portrayed byJeremy Renner
In-universe information
Full nameClinton "Clint" Barton
AliasHawkeye
Occupation
Affiliation
  • Avengers
  • S.H.I.E.L.D.
Weapon
FamilyEdith Barton (mother)
SpouseLaura Barton
Children
  • Cooper Barton (son)
  • Lila Barton (daughter)
  • Nathaniel Barton (son)
NationalityAmerican

Clinton Barton is a character portrayed by Jeremy Renner in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise—based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—commonly by his alter ego, Hawkeye. In the films, Barton is an expert marksman and hand-to-hand combatant, with his preferred weapon being a recurve bow. Initially an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Barton is recruited by Steve Rogers and becomes an Avenger.

As of 2020, the character is one of the central figures of the MCU, having appeared in five films of the series. He will appear in the Disney+ television series Hawkeye[3] and in the animated series What If...?,[4] with Renner reprising his role in both.

Character origin

Barton, with the alter ego of Hawkeye, was first introduced in Marvel comic books as a reluctant villain, in Tales of Suspense #57 (September 1964). After two more appearances as a villain in Tales of Suspense #60 and #64 (December 1964 and April 1965), Hawkeye joined the ranks of the Avengers in Avengers #16 (May 1965). He then became a perennial member of the team.

In the mid-2000s, Kevin Feige realized that Marvel still owned the rights to the core members of the Avengers, which included Barton. Feige, a self-professed "fanboy", envisioned creating a shared universe just as creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had done with their comic books in the early 1960s.[5] After initially offering the role of Barton to Jensen Ackles, who had auditioned for the part of Captain America, Marvel hired Jeremy Renner to portray the character on screen.[6]

In April 2019, a limited series focused on Jeremy Renner's Clint Barton / Hawkeye was reported to be in development, with the plot involving Barton passing the mantle of Hawkeye to the character Kate Bishop.[7] The series was officially announced at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con, with the plot taking place following the events of Avengers: Endgame. Hawkeye is set to premiere in late 2021,[8] with Jonathan Igla serving as the series' showrunner.[9] In September 2019, Hailee Steinfeld was announced to be in consideration to portray Kate Bishop.[10]

Characterization

Jeremy Renner on the Hawkeye panel at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019.

A master archer working as an agent for S.H.I.E.L.D.[11][12] Renner said it was a very physical role and that he trained physically and practiced archery as much as possible in preparation.[13] About the role, Renner said, "When I saw Iron Man, I thought that was a really kick-ass approach to superheroes. Then they told me about this Hawkeye character, and I liked how he wasn't really a superhero; he's just a guy with a high skill set. I could connect to that".[14] Regarding Hawkeye's sniper mentality, Renner said, "It's a lonely game. He's an outcast. His only connection is to Scarlett's character, Natasha. It's like a left hand/right hand thing. They coexist, and you need them both, especially when it comes to a physical mission".[14] Renner said Hawkeye is not insecure about his humanity. "Quite the opposite, he's the only one who can really take down the Hulk with his [tranquilizer-tipped] arrows. He knows his limitations. But when it comes down to it, there has to be a sense of confidence in any superhero".[15] Renner earned $2–3 million for his role in The Avengers.[16]

Whedon said that Hawkeye interacts more with the other characters in Age of Ultron, as opposed to the first Avengers film where the character had been "possessed pretty early by a bad guy and had to walk around all scowly".[17] As the character did not appear in any other of Marvel's Phase Two films, Whedon stated Age of Ultron sheds light on to what the character was doing since the end of The Avengers.[18] Renner described the character as "kind of a loner" and "a team player only 'cause he sort of has to be. He's not really a company man. Captain America can be that guy. In [Age of Ultron] you'll understand why [Hawkeye] thinks the way he thinks".[19]

In March 2015, Renner was revealed to be reprising his role as Barton in Captain America: Civil War.[20] On Barton's reasons for joining Rogers' side, Renner said, "Cap was the first guy who called. Let's just get the job done so I can get home to the family",[21] along with feeling an obligation to side with Scarlet Witch, since her brother, Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver, sacrificed himself to save Barton in Avengers: Age of Ultron.[22] On how he and Barton fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Renner said, "I'm happy to be the ensemble. I'm not scratching or clawing to do a solo movie by any means ... I think [Barton's] a utility guy that can bounce around into other people's universes a little bit".[23]

Stephen McFeely described Barton's dark turn in Avengers: Endgame as "a good example of people who had much stronger stories after the Snap".[24] The film's cold open, which features the disintegration of Barton's family, was initially supposed to be in Infinity War following Thanos' snap, however it was moved to Endgame instead, with Markus explaining that it was "going to blunt the brutality of what [Thanos] did."[24] Joe Russo felt it was "a very tragic scene to open the movie with. It's one of the few scenes in the movie that actually makes me tear up when I watch it, because I think about my own family... And then you think about what would happen to you, as a father. You'd become very self-destructive".[25]

Fictional character biography

Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Further information: Thor (2011 film)

Barton, working as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, is sent to kill Natasha Romanoff but instead recruits her to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and the pair become close friends and serve on various missions together, including one in Budapest.[a] At some point, Nick Fury assists Barton in setting up a safehouse for his family on a farm in Missouri.[b]

In 2010, Barton is sent on a mission in New Mexico, where arms himself with a compound bow, preparing to stop Thor from retrieving Mjolnir but chooses not to engage after watching Thor fail to lift the hammer.

Battle of New York

Further information: The Avengers (2012 film)

In 2012, Barton is working at a remote S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility with Nick Fury when Loki arrives and uses his scepter to put Barton under mind control and steal the power source known as the Tesseract. They travel to Stuttgart, where Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract's power while Loki causes a distraction. Loki allows himself to be captured and taken to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, which Barton attacks. Aboard the Helicarrier, Barton fights Romanoff, who knocks him out, breaking Loki's control. Romanoff helps him recover. After Steve Rogers recruits him, Barton becomes a founding member of the Avengers with Rogers, Romanoff, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Thor. He participates in the Battle of New York against the alien army of the Chitauri and witnesses Loki's defeat. Afterwards, he and Romanoff drive off together.

Ultron and the Sokovia Accords

Further information: Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War

In 2015, Barton and the Avengers attack a Hydra facility in Sokovia in an effort to retrieve Loki's scepter. However, Barton is seriously injured by Pietro Maximoff and a Hydra weapon, but is healed by Dr. Helen Cho at the Avengers Tower. Barton attends the Avengers' celebratory party and he tries and fails to lift Mjolnir. Barton witnesses Ultron's first attack and his escape. In Johannesburg, Barton and the Avengers track Ultron and try to stop him, but all, except Barton, are enthralled by Wanda Maximoff's mind warping technique. Barton takes the defeated Avengers to his safehouse where it is revealed that he has a pregnant wife named Laura and children named Cooper and Lila. There, Fury arrives and motivates the team to assemble and stop Ultron.

Barton, Romanoff, and Rogers travel to Seoul to stop Ultron from uploading his network into a vibranium body powered by the Mind Stone. They succeed, and Barton transports the sentient body back to the Avengers Tower. He also tracks a captured Romanoff's signal in Sokovia. After the sentient body called The Vision is awakened by Stark, Banner, and Thor, the Avengers return to Sokovia to stop Ultron. There, Barton reunites with Romanoff, participates in the battle against Ultron, convinces Wanda to become an Avenger, and is saved by Pietro who sacrifices his life to shield Barton and a Sokovian child from gunfire. After the battle, Barton goes into retirement and returns home, where he and Laura name their newborn son Nathaniel Pietro Barton, in honor of Romanoff and Pietro.

In 2016, Barton returns from retirement to help Rogers in his opposition to United Nations control of the Avengers via the Sokovia Accords. He goes to the Avengers Compound to retrieve Maximoff, but is confronted by Vision, until Maximoff incapacitates the synthezoid. Barton and Maximoff recruit Scott Lang and travel to the Leipzig/Halle airport in Germany to join Rogers, Wilson, and Bucky Barnes. However, they are intercepted by Stark’s team consisting of Rhodes, Romanoff, Peter Parker, T'Challa, and Vision. After Rogers and Barnes escape, Barton is among those captured and imprisoned in the Raft. When Stark visits the facility, Barton openly berates him. Later, Rogers breaks him, Lang, Wilson, and Wanda out, and he and Lang negotiate deals with the U.S. government in accordance with the accords to receive a term of house arrest instead.

In 2018, Barton, still on house arrest, enjoys a picnic with his family, but is caught off-guard when Laura, Lila, Cooper, and Nathaniel suddenly disintegrate. In his grief following the Blip, Barton soon becomes a vigilante and begins to hunt down and eliminate organized crime around the world.

Avenging the fallen

Further information: Avengers: Endgame

In 2023, Rhodes reveals to Romanoff that Barton massacred a group of Mexican drug cartel members and Rhodes expresses concern regarding Barton's violent vigilante activities. In Tokyo, Barton, armed with a katana, kills Yakuza before being approached by Romanoff, who informs him that the Avengers discovered quantum time travel and may be able to reverse the Blip. Barton is reunited with the Avengers and meets Rocket and Nebula. He volunteers to be the first to test the time machine and is transported via the quantum realm to his house in an alternate timeline briefly hearing Lila's voice before he is brought back to 2023. After the Avengers formulate a plan, Barton and Romanoff travel via the quantum realm to an alternate 2014 timeline.

They travel into space to an alternate version of the planet Vormir to retrieve the Soul Stone, but its keeper, the Red Skull, reveals that it can only be acquired by a person sacrificing someone they love. Romanoff and Barton each volunteer to be the sacrifice for this purpose leading to a confrontation between the two. However, Romanoff ends up sacrificing herself, allowing Barton to claim the Soul Stone. Upon returning to 2023, Barton and the original Avengers mourn Romanoff and Barton becomes angry when Thor suggests they can bring her back with the Infinity Stones. After Banner uses Stark's Gauntlet to reverse the Blip, Barton receives a phone call from a restored Laura. Before he can answer, an alternate version of Thanos attacks the Avengers Compound. Deep below ground in the rubble, Barton finds the Stark Gauntlet and flees from the Outriders sent to capture it. He then participates in the final battle against Thanos and his army until Stark sacrifices his life to defeat them. Following the victory, Barton flies to his house in a Quinjet and reunites with a restored Laura, Lila, Cooper, and Nathaniel. Later, Barton and his family attend Stark's funeral. Afterwards, Barton and Maximoff reunite and console each other over losing both Romanoff and Vision but rejoice that their sacrifices were not in vain.

Reception

Screen Rant described Renner's portrayal of Barton as one of the casting decisions that helped the MCU, stating that "Renner channels the right amount of cynicism and earnestness to simultaneously shut down fan criticisms, recognize the ridiculousness of the premise, and somehow make it relatable".[26]

The character of Clint Barton has been the subject of various jokes including internet memes[27] and a 2012 Saturday Night Live skit (in which Renner portrayed the character),[28] highlighting the perceived absurdity of a regular human archer amongst aliens, super soldiers, and gods. During Avengers: Age of Ultron, Barton himself acknowledges this when he states, "The city is flying and we're fighting an army of robots. And I have a bow and arrow. Nothing makes sense".[29] Renner indicates he appreciates that Barton's character is more relatable, stating, "When I get off work, all I wanna do is be with my family. And having zero superpowers -- I love that this guy has will and mental fortitude that anyone can have".[30] Barton has been described as going from "the butt of all jokes" to a fan favorite and underdog.[31] In 2019, an MCU fan on Reddit created a post that went viral showcasing that the Avengers are 7-0 in battles including Barton, and 0-4 against or without him.[32]

Accolades

Year Film Award Category Result Ref(s)
2013 The Avengers People's Choice Awards Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (with Scarlett Johansson) Nominated [33]
MTV Movie Awards Best Fight (with cast) Won [34]
2016 Captain America: Civil War Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Chemistry (with cast) Nominated [35]
2017 Kids' Choice Awards #Squad (with cast) Nominated [36]
2019 Avengers: Endgame Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [37]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ As told by Romanoff to Loki, and as mentioned by Barton to Romanoff during the events of the The Avengers
  2. ^ As stated by Barton during the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron

References

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External links

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