Clint Barton ran away from an orphanage as a teen to join the circus where he was trained in the use of the bow and arrow by the Swordsman and Trickshot. When he discovered that his mentors were both criminals he rejected them, leading to a beating by Swordsman which left Barton badly injured. Years later, he saw Iron Man in action, and was inspired to become the hero Hawkeye.
THREE ACTORS WHO COULD PLAY HAWKEYE
Jeremy Renner
Jensen Ackles
Chris Pine
Mathieu Amalric as Swordsman
Guy Pearce as Trick Shot
Hawkeye later meets the Black Widow, a spy for the Soviet Union, who he falls in love with. She tricks him into helping her steal technology developed by Tony Stark. After several battles with Iron Man, the Black Widow is injured and Hawkeye flees with her, deciding to go "straight" from then on. Hawkeye later "applies" for membership in the superhero team the Avengers, by breaking into Avengers Mansion and binding and gagging the team's butler, Edwin Jarvis.
Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow
Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man
David Suchet as Edwin Jarvis
Hawkeye is accepted, and together with leader Captain America and mutant siblings Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch become the new team when the original members take a leave of absence.
Ryan McPartlin as Captain America
Ian Somerhalder as Quicksilver
Kate Beckinsale as Scarlet Witch
Hawkeye later meets former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Barbara "Bobbi" Morse, codenamed Mockingbird. She is investigating the company Cross Technological Enterprises which is revealed to be owned by the villain Crossfire, who plans to use an aggression-inducing sonic wave against all of New York's superheroes.
Laura Vandervoort as Mockingbird
Hugo Weaving as Crossfire
Hawkeye infiltrates Cross Technological Enterprises with Mockingbird to defeat Crossfire. During this encounter, Hawkeye takes one of his sonic arrows into his mouth to counter the effects of Crossfire's sonic weapon; as a result he suffers major hearing loss and is forced to wear hearing aids. Hawkeye and Mockingbird fall in love and elope immediately after.
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