The two-episode premiere of 'Hawkeye' kicks off with festive fun
Hawkeye, and, in particular, Jeremy Renner, has always been an unusual fit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hawkeye and Black Widow are the only members of the Avengers that don't have some kind of superpower - unless you count accuracy and keeping his hair vertical no matter what. Yet, for all of this, the opening episode begins with a young Kate Bishop - played later by Hailee Steinfeld - seeing Hawkeye fling himself off a building and firing off arrows at aliens. The scene is enough to plant the seed in the young girl that she's going to be the next Hawkeye, and sets about training herself in archery, gymnastics, martial arts and so on.
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