Hawkeye Was Almost a Dark MCU Show Instead of a Festive Christmas Tale
Hawkeye was almost a dark Marvel Cinematic Universe show, instead of the playful Christmas tale it ultimately became. Hawkeye premiered in November of 2021, with the final episode arriving on Disney+ just three days before Christmas of the same year. Hawkeye was a part of Marvel's original Phase 4 slate of Disney+ shows, which also included WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, What If...?, and Loki.
Taking place one year after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Hawkeye saw Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) partnering up with his eventual protégée Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) to fight against enemies Barton made during his time as Ronin. While the MCU often toes the line between humor and darker undertones, Hawkeye is one of Marvel's more light-hearted shows, focusing primarily on the slightly begrudging hero-mentee relationship that develops between Barton and Bishop. With Clint's primary goal of getting home to his family in time for Christmas, Hawkeye is an undoubtedly festive Marvel tale.
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In an interview with Below the Line, Hawkeye composers Christophe Beck and Michael Paraskevas share that, originally, the show was going to have a darker tone. However, Beck says it was partly Renner and Steinfeld's chemistry that allowed Hawkeye to develop into something more light-hearted. Read Beck's full comment below:
As I mentioned, there was a bit of an evolution for what the sound of the score was going to be. At first, it was going to be a darker tone, focused on Hawkeye, his despair around the events of The Avengers, and the dark things he went through in his past. But the show, the story, and therefore the score evolved into something much more playful, especially between
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