Fans can be crazy and that includes the Marvel fanbase. Fans have voiced out their “passion” for various forms of entertainment through the years. It seems the omission of Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye from Avengers: Infinity War didn’t bode to well for fans of the superhero as directors of the film, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo have received death threats for it according to Renner himself.
Renner spoke to USA Today while promoting his latest film Tag and discussed Hawkeye’s absence in the film. Although Renner expressed some sentiment for fans’ concern for the character’s absence. He was still a little unsettled by the death threats faced by the Russo brothers. When asked on how fans felt in regards to his absence in the film’s marketing, he said,”It’s a nice feeling, I suppose. I think the Russo brothers got way too many death threats. I’m like, ‘Wow, dude, that’s intense. I’m sorry,’”.
The Russos didn’t say anything about this but it doesn’t seem unbelievable especially in major Hollywood tent-poles like Marvel, DC and Star Wars films. Hawkeye was not featured in much of Infinity War’s marketing campaign. The film eventually clarified this as Hawkeye was serving house arrest upon striking a deal with the government alongside Scott Lang AKA Ant-Man due to their involvement with Steve Rogers in Captain America: Civil War.
This is definitely too much (it goes without saying) and fans should honestly chill the f**k out. These death threats aren’t going to make Marvel Studios re-shoot Infinity War and re-release it. Hawkeye will be included in Avengers 4 as there have been reports of him on set as the both Avengers 4 and Infinity War were shot back-to-back. There has also been word that he would be appearing as the samurai Ronin.
Whatever it may be, these death threats are straight up childish and frivolous. It’s high time fans remember that as much as they would like to think so, these films aren’t THEIRS. Creators are allowed to do whatever they want. It can be bad, it can be good, but at the end of the day, it’s their film and these death threats only reflect badly on the fans.
Source: USA Today, Digital Spy
