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Hailee Steinfeld Circling Kate Bishop Role for Disney+ HAWKEYE Series
Hailee Steinfeld could soon be part of the Marvel family. Variety has learned exclusively from sources that Steinfeld has been offered a lead role in the upcoming “Hawkeye" series at Disney Plus.
The limited series will see Jeremy Renner reprise the role of the titular bow-wielding hero that he has played through multiple films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, most recently in “Avengers: Edngame." Should Steinfeld join the series, she would play Kate Bishop. Bishop is a Marvel Comics character who took up the Hawkeye mantle after Clint Barton (Renner). She is also a member of the group known as the Young Avengers. It was reported last week that Jonathan Igla is attached to write and executive produce the series.
A great example of Marvel Studios casting at it’s finest - an actor you didn’t think of, but the more you sit with it, the more you like the pick.
(See also, last year’s Bumblebee for why she’d be perfect here.)
Monday September 9, 2019