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Jeremy Renner on the Hawkeye Costume

Tight and purple? No? Oh man...

 I have a feeling he won't even be using a bow and arrow in this film.
 I have a feeling he won't even be using a bow and arrow in this film.
San-Diego Comic Con announced the line-up for the 2012 film Avengers and the crowd went wild. One of the actors announced was Jeremy Renner as he was to play Hawkeye in the upcoming film. The first thing on everyone's mind is will he be in the purple outfit? MTV interviewed the actor about the costume as he was promoting his upcoming film The Town.
 
Will Jeremy be sporting that purple mask with the giant "H" on the forehead? "I think it's going to be a little more reality-based...You can kind of tell with Scarlett [Johansson]'s character [in 'Iron Man 2'], it's going to be more of a uniform . . . and not a big purple, comics sort of thing." Explained Renner. I hope every Hawkeye fan kind of realized this before Renner said it because although that costume may work in the comics, it will look pretty cheesy on the big screen. A lot of people seem to be tossing around the idea that we'll see a costume more like Ultimate Hawkeye, but my  "expert" opinion says otherwise. (By expert, I mean loudest) I believe that the most likely case scenario is that Black Widow and Hawkeye will have the same costume, except Hawkeye's will be a little more "manly."
 
What about a love connection for the hero of a thousand costumes? Jeremy explained that we may see a love connection between Hawkeye and Black Widow on the big screen, although it may not be in the first film. "We will, I think, in this one as well...We're kind of a team, and what that relationship is, is still to be discovered." So, their relationship may start here and continue onto the next film? Let's hope so! What do you guys think? What do you think the costume will look like? Do you want to see old Hawkeye in love?