MTV Splash Page recently spoke with Jeremy Renner, who was promoting his new movie The Town, and he gave the site a few updates on The Avengers.

The Avengers Won't Feature Hawkeye's Purple Costume
September 15th, 2010


MTV Splash Page recently spoke with Jeremy Renner, who was promoting his new movie The Town, and he gave the site a few updates on The Avengers. He will play Hawkeye in the new movie and here's an excerpt from the site where he addresses the Hawkeye costume:

"I think it's going to be a little more reality-based. You can kind of tell with Scarlett Johansson's character [in Iron Man 2], it's going to be more of a uniform... and not a big purple, comics sort of thing."

According to Renner, it's that decision to stray from the classic look that's helped the Marvel movies connect with mainstream audiences.

"That's why I think it's more palatable to audiences - there's almost a sense of reality to these superheroes. That's what makes it interesting to me, anyway."

Renner also hinted at a possible relationship between his Hawkeye character and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow:

"We will [have a relationship], I think, in this one as well. We're kind of a team, and what that relationship is, is still to be discovered."

The Avengers comes to theaters May 4th, 2012 and stars Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Clark Gregg, Tom Hiddleston. The film is directed by Joss Whedon.