Hawkeye's Original Plan Would Have Ruined Clint Barton's Story
Marvel’s original plan for Hawkeye would have ruined Clint Barton’s entire storyline for the series. Marvel Studios: Assembled’s “The Making of Hawkeye” documentary dropped new behind-the-scenes details about the show, including reveals about how the show came together. Apparently, Clint’s story came close to heading in a different direction.
The focus of the eight-episode Disney+ series was Clint’s team-up with Kate Bishop (Hailee Stenfield), but what really set it all in motion was his decision to take a family trip to New York City. His wife and children had a limited presence in the main story, but still played roles in Hawkeye’s overarching story. Kate’s problems forced Clint (Jeremy Renner) to send his family home without him, while he remained behind to get the Ronin suit back and fight off the gangsters that were targeting Kate. It took eight episodes for the adventure to end, but once Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) fell, Clint was free to reunite with his family in the Hawkeye finale.
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Hawkeye executive producer Trinh Tran said in “The Making of Hawkeye” that they originally intended for the show to begin with Clint and his family at their farm in Iowa. Later it was decided for the story to kick off with the Bartons already in New York City. The problem with that is that much of Hawkeye’s story hinged on the family being split up in the city. Clint was torn because they were on a vacation to experience Christmas in New York, but circumstances forced them to bring their time there as a family to an early end. Clint’s determination to get back to them before Christmas was a fundamental aspect of the story, so removing that plot detail would have taken that
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