"Avengers was the first big movie I signed on to," Jeremy Renner told
The Hollywood Reporter.
"It was something Zak Penn was the writer on; he's a friend. Then I met [Marvel Studios president and Avengers producer] Kevin Feige, and Zak was really pushing, saying 'You guys have got to hire Renner.'"
"I had a general meeting with him just when Locker was gaining steam," Marvel Studios President and executive producer, Kevin Feige recalls.
"He doesn't just have the guts to do the stunts but also a level of knowledge and skill that's impressive. He can even talk about 'pick' points -- where a wire attaches to your body when you're pulled through the air." The scene in the trailer which sees the actor leaping backwards and shooting an arrow towards the camera is one particularly memorable sequence for Feige.
"That was him, not a stuntman. And it was impressive. He's got this great intensity and is very focused."
Adds director Joss Whedon:
"He's an amazing fighter -- his fight work is wonderful: precise, heroic, and you seldom have to double him. But one day he just turned wrong and his whole body shut down. He could not do anything. He was in enormous pain, and we had to shut that sequence down and shoot it a couple of weeks later."
STARRING:
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Ramanoff/Black Widow
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
RELEASE DATE: April 26th, 2012. (UK) May 4th, 2012. (US)
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