who is playing hawkeye in the avengers movie?
Jeremy Renner
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 At the premiere of The Avengers , Feige said the studio had an option for Whedon to return as director . In May 2012 , after the successful release of the first film , Disney CEO Bob Iger announced a sequel was in development . Most of the film 's cast members were under contract to potentially appear in the sequel ; however , Robert Downey Jr. was not , as his four picture deal with Marvel expired after Iron Man 3 . 

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 Marvel 's The Avengers ( classified under the name Marvel Avengers Assemble in the United Kingdom and Ireland ) , or simply The Avengers , is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.1 It is the sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr . , Chris Evans , Mark Ruffalo , Chris Hemsworth , Scarlett Johansson , Jeremy Renner , Tom Hiddleston , Clark Gregg , Cobie Smulders , Stellan Skarsgård , and Samuel L. Jackson . In the film , Nick Fury , director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D. , recruits Iron Man , Captain America , the Hulk , and Thor to form a team that must stop Thor 's brother Loki from subjugating Earth . 

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 Additionally , Toby Jones , Maximiliano Hernández , and Garry Shandling reprise their roles from previous Marvel Studios films as Arnim Zola , Jasper Sitwell , and Senator Stern , respectively . Georges St @-@ Pierre plays Georges Batroc , a mercenary and a master of the French form of kickboxing known as savate . Callan Mulvey plays Jack Rollins , a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. ' s S.T.R.I.K.E. unit . Chin Han , Jenny Agutter ( who previously appeared in The Avengers ) , Alan Dale , and Bernard White appear as members of the World Security Council . Comedic actors Danny Pudi and DC Pierson have small roles as a S.H.I.E.L.D. technician and an Apple Store employee , respectively . Gary Sinise narrates a Captain America @-@ themed Smithsonian Institution exhibit , and Stan Lee cameos as a security guard there . Winter Soldier creator Ed Brubaker makes a cameo as a scientist working on the Winter Soldier . Co @-@ director Joe Russo cameos as a doctor , and Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely cameo as two S.H.I.E.L.D. interrogators . Thomas Kretschmann , Henry Goodman , Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor @-@ Johnson appear , uncredited , as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker , Dr. List , the Scarlet Witch , and Quicksilver , respectively , in the mid @-@ credits scene . 

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 The next week , Guy Pearce entered into final talks to play Aldrich Killian , a character who is featured in the " Extremis " comic book story arc . Chinese star Andy Lau became involved in negotiations to join the film , as a Chinese scientist and old friend of Stark 's who comes to his aid . Lau would later turn down the role , and Wang Xueqi was cast instead . Jessica Chastain entered into discussions for a role in the film , but bowed out due to scheduling conflicts . In May , Rebecca Hall was cast in her place , and her role was described as " a scientist who plays a pivotal role in the creation of a nanotechnology , known as Extremis . " Over the next few weeks , James Badge Dale was cast as Eric Savin , Ashley Hamilton was cast as Firepower , and Favreau returned to reprise his role as Happy Hogan from the first two films . Stephanie Szostak and William Sadler were also cast in the film , with Sadler playing the President of the United States . Despite erroneous early reports that Cobie Smulders would reprise her role as Maria Hill from The Avengers in the film , Smulders wrote on her verified Twitter page that this was not so . 

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 Garfield co @-@ produced and starred in the 2014 independent drama 99 Homes . He is also scheduled to headline Martin Scorsese 's film , Silence , based on Shūsaku Endō 's 1966 novel of the same name . Production began in 2014 with Garfield set to play Father Rodrigues , a Portuguese Jesuit priest in the seventeenth century who travels to Japan . By November 2014 , it was also confirmed that Garfield would join the cast of Hacksaw Ridge , a war drama about the first conscientious objector in US history to be awarded the Medal of Honor . Mel Gibson is set to direct and Vince Vaughn and Sam Worthington are scheduled to co @-@ star . 
