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UPDATE : Guillermo del Torohas since clarified that Renner was n’t offered the role of Hellboy , but or else the theatrical role of Agent Myers , which in the end go to Rupert Evans . So a leading role , but not THE leading role .
twelvemonth before land the Hawkeye role in the MCU , Jeremy Renner give away he was offered the lead inHellboy , but ultimately turned it down . Despite being a two - meter Oscar nominee for his roles inThe Hurt LockerandThe Town , it ’s safe to say that most motion-picture fan live Renner best for his work as Clint " Hawkeye " Barton in Marvel Studios ' now 23 - film franchise . Hawkeye made his big sieve debut , albeit shortly , in 2011’sThor , before joining the team for 2012’sThe Avengers .
Renner would play Hawkeye again in 2015’sAvengers : Age of Ultron , and return for 2016’sCaptain America : Civil War , anAvengerssequel in everything but name . Many Marvel fan were of course take aback when Hawkeye failed to seem in 2018’sAvengers : Infinity War , but the character returned with a vengeance in this year’sAvengers : Endgame , becoming amurderous vigilante after Thanos ' fateful snap turn his family to dust . Renner now looks set toreprise Hawkeye again for a Disney+ streaming series , although that labor is n’t prescribed yet .
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However , age before the MCU help as Renner ’s introduction to the world of superhero plastic film , it flex out the actor was offered the lead role in Guillermo del Toro ’s 2004Hellboymovie . It ’s hard to think anyone but Ron Perlman head that moving-picture show , but Renner told Justin Long on a recent edition of theLife is Shortpodcast ( viaEW ) that he was indeed approached , but turned down the part despite Lot of money being offered . Here ’s what he had to say .
I was just register the script and [ think ] like , ‘ I do n’t get this … ’ I just could n’t connect to it . I said , ‘ I ca n’t find a way in [ to this character ] , I do n’t bang what I ’d be doing , ’ so I had to say no . [ … ] There ’s zero regrets , zero . Most of the prison term it ’s like , ‘ Oh , I ’m glad I did n’t do it , ’ and it made sense to me . Not justHellboyor whatever it was , and I ’m not say that it ’s a salutary or bad flick , it ’s not about that … I just would n’t have fit there .
Perlman would of form terminate up returning for 2008 sequelHellboy II : The Golden Army , although he and del Toro never managed to get a third film off the earth . Hellboywas reboot earlier this year , withStranger Things’David Harbour in the lead function , but that filmproved to be a vital and commercial calamity . Whether or not this leads to Hollywood giving del Toro and Perlman another crack atHellboyremains to be seen , but see that Perlman is 69 , clip may be running out . Either path , Renner seems happy to keep doing what he ’s doing , and not wonder what might ’ve been .
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Source : lifespan is Short(viaEW )
