50 Fun Facts About Hawkeye

Who plays Kate Bishop in Hawkeye?

Hailee Steinfeld. She never auditioned: Kevin Feige said Marvel saw her as the prototype for Kate, "the dream version of the character", and simply hoped she would agree.

In Hawkeye, which device does Clint Barton now rely on after years of Avengers battles?

A hearing aid. A montage of the biggest blasts he took in the films explains it: the head writer wanted to show the lasting cost of heroics for an Avenger with no powers.

Head writer Jonathan Igla said which channel's feel-good Christmas movies helped inspire Hawkeye's festive tone?

Hallmark. Igla watched plenty of its holiday films with his partner, a fellow Hawkeye writer, and said the comics he re-read to switch off after work had the same comforting pull.

The LARPer Grills finds Clint's old vigilante suit in Hawkeye while on duty in which job?

Firefighter. He takes the suit from Kate's burnt-out apartment to wear at a LARP, and hands it back only after Clint lets him win a staged duel in front of his friends.

Hawkeye's first two episodes premiered on Disney+ the day before which American holiday in 2021?

Thanksgiving. The double bill on November 24 meant the six-part run finished on December 22, just before the Christmas that Clint spends the whole series racing home for.

Which comic creators' Hawkeye run was the major influence on the series?

Matt Fraction and David Aja. Fraction read the scripts as a consultant and was due to cameo as a Tracksuit Mafia goon, until the pandemic and a new puppy kept him at home.

What breed is Lucky the Pizza Dog?

Golden Retriever. Kate saves the one-eyed dog from traffic after he attacks a Tracksuit goon, and he earns the nickname by wolfing down her leftover pizza.

Which comfort food does Yelena Belova cook for herself and Kate after breaking into Kate's apartment in Hawkeye?

Macaroni and cheese. Most of the scene was improvised, including the moment the actor playing Yelena picked up a bottle of hot sauce and poured it over her bowl.

Which vigilante identity from Avengers: Endgame comes back to haunt Clint Barton in Hawkeye?

Ronin. Kate grabs the suit as a disguise at a black-market auction, and once she is filmed in it the gangs he once hunted come looking for revenge.

Who plays Maya Lopez, the deaf commander of the Tracksuit Mafia in Hawkeye?

Alaqua Cox. She had never acted before, and the young Maya in the flashbacks looks so like her because she is played by Cox's real cousin, Darnell Besaw.

Which actor returns from Netflix's Daredevil to play crime lord Wilson Fisk in Hawkeye?

Vincent D'Onofrio. To keep his return secret the crew avoided saying his name, and he walked from trailer to set hidden under what the director called a "Voldemort-like cloak".

Who plays Yelena Belova, the assassin hunting Clint over Natasha's death in Hawkeye?

Florence Pugh. Her Yelena vanished in the Blip, came back five years later to find Natasha dead, and was then told that Clint was the man responsible.

Tony Dalton, who plays Jack Duquesne in Hawkeye, was cast after impressing producers in which series?

Better Call Saul. Dalton thinks his years of playing villains like its ruthless Lalo Salamanca helped Hawkeye fool viewers into suspecting the harmless Jack.

Fra Fee learned which skill to play a Tracksuit Mafia mercenary in Hawkeye?

American Sign Language. His character is the one Tracksuit who can interpret for the gang's deaf commander, so Fee had to learn it; he said he took to it "like a duck to water".

Who plays Eleanor Bishop, Kate's mother and the CEO of Bishop Security, in Hawkeye?

Vera Farmiga. Her Eleanor plays the protective mother, but she turns out to be in business with the Kingpin, a deal that began with her late husband's debts.

Which actress returns as Clint's wife Laura Barton in Hawkeye?

Linda Cardellini. Far from a bystander, her Laura runs background checks for Clint by phone, and the finale reveals that she was once a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent herself.

What is the name of the fictional Broadway show that Clint watches with his children in Hawkeye?

Rogers: The Musical. The head writer drove past a Hamilton billboard on his way to work every morning and wondered what Broadway would stage in a world with real superheroes.

Which hero wrongly appears alongside the original Avengers in Hawkeye's Broadway musical number?

Ant-Man. The songwriter said he was written in to annoy Clint in the audience, and as a dig at how retellings of real events always get something wrong.

Which songwriting duo wrote 'Save the City' for the Broadway musical seen in Hawkeye?

Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The Hairspray songwriters' one number outgrew the joke: in 2023 a 30-minute stage version of the fake show ran at Disney California Adventure.

Yelena's mission to kill Clint in Hawkeye is set up in the post-credits scene of which Marvel film?

Black Widow. The scene at Natasha's grave, where Valentina names Clint as Yelena's next target, was added to the film only after Hawkeye's head writer asked to use the character.

Which Hawkeye sequence was planned for night but shot by day at Kevin Feige's request?

The car chase. Inspired by Bullitt and The French Connection, the directors found that losing the cover of darkness pushed them to stage even more of it for real.

Hawkeye's story unfolds mostly in Manhattan, but its studio filming took place in which city?

Atlanta. Sets stood at Trilith and Tyler Perry Studios, and the nearby Georgia town of Canton was dressed for street scenes, with a mock city taxi hauled into its downtown.

In Hawkeye, which landmark does Yelena tell Kate she wants to see now that it is "new and improved"?

The Statue of Liberty. The line winks at Spider-Man: No Way Home, which reached cinemas that same week and stages its final battle on the statue.

In Hawkeye's first episode, bathroom graffiti that Clint spots says which villain "was right"?

Thanos. The scrawl, a nod to the real-world meme "Thanos did nothing wrong", greets Clint moments after he walks out of a stage show celebrating the Avengers.

The actor cast as Kate Bishop was reportedly held up from signing by her contract for which Apple TV+ series?

Dickinson. A non-compete clause reportedly barred her from starring on a rival streamer, yet Marvel approached no one else and waited more than a year to confirm her.

Which animal carries off a van full of shrunken Tracksuits in the Hawkeye finale?

An owl. Clint had met the bird minutes earlier while stuck in a tree, and it swoops back after one of Kate's trick arrows shrinks the van to the size of a toy.

In the Hawkeye finale, Clint and Kate go into battle in matching suits of which colour?

Purple. The LARPers sew the suits after Kate promises them materials for new costumes, at last putting Clint in the colour he wears in the comics.

In the Hawkeye finale, what does Clint do that finally makes Yelena stop fighting him?

Whistles Natasha's secret signal. She had taught it to him, so hearing it convinces Yelena how close the two were, and the fight ends with them grieving together.

Jeremy Renner said he turned down a second season of Hawkeye after being offered what?

Half his original salary. Renner believed the offer was cut because of his serious 2023 accident, asking: "Did you think I'm only half the Jeremy because I got ran over?"

The Tracksuit Mafia's goons in Hawkeye pepper nearly every sentence with which word?

Bro. The verbal tic comes straight from the comics, and the show even names one of the gang's front companies Trust a Bro Moving.

How do viewers first see Kingpin's face in Hawkeye?

In a phone photo. Yelena tells Kate that her own mother hired her to kill Clint, and the grainy snapshot she sends shows Eleanor talking to the crime boss.

In Hawkeye, Kate first saw Clint in action as a child during which event?

The Battle of New York. A Chitauri is about to kill young Kate in her family's penthouse when Clint's arrow saves her; her father dies that day, and she takes up archery.

What does Kate Bishop accidentally bring down with an arrow at her college's Stane Tower in Hawkeye?

A bell. She rings it on a bet, but it falls and wrecks the clock tower, and her mother has to pay for the repairs to stop the college expelling her.

What is being sold at the underground auction Kate stumbles upon in Hawkeye?

Avengers Compound salvage. The lots were pulled from the wreckage of the heroes' destroyed base, and the Tracksuit Mafia blast through the wall to grab one of them.

Which hidden talent of Jack Duquesne's makes Kate suspect him of his uncle's murder in Hawkeye?

Swordsmanship. Armand died of a single stab wound, and Kate catches Jack deliberately losing their fencing bout to hide how good he is.

In Hawkeye's third episode, Clint uses Pym Particles to enlarge what, smashing the Tracksuits' truck?

A regular arrow. Clint tells Kate to shoot one high, hits it in mid-air with his Pym Particle arrow, and it lands on the truck at the size of a battering ram.

In which park does Clint join a mock medieval battle to win back his old suit in Hawkeye?

Central Park. To reach the man wearing the suit, Clint has to join the role-players' mock medieval melee and then agree to be "slain" in a trial by combat.

What item do Clint and Kate break into Maya's apartment to recover in Hawkeye?

A watch. Clint wants the Rolex back because it could expose its owner: his wife Laura, who wore it in her days as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

In the Hawkeye finale, where does Eleanor's Christmas party turn into a battle with the Tracksuits?

Rockefeller Center. The crew scanned the real plaza and then rebuilt its ice rink at full size as a set, filling in the skyline with blue screens.

How does Kate finally take down Kingpin in the Hawkeye finale?

With explosive trick arrows. He snaps them like twigs in a toy store, but she sets off the arrowheads scattered at his feet, and the blast finally floors him.

Which lifelong friend does Maya Lopez kill in the Hawkeye finale after he refuses to leave with her?

Kazi. She pleads with him to walk away from Kingpin's gang with her, but he refuses and attacks, and she stabs him with an arrow.

In the Hawkeye finale, what does Kingpin wear under his trademark white suit, a look taken from the comics?

A Hawaiian shirt. The look comes from the comic Family Business, and the actor had kept an image of it as his computer screensaver ever since he first played the role.

What does Clint Barton do with his old vigilante suit at the farm on Christmas Day in Hawkeye?

He burns it. Clint lays the suit on the family barbecue and asks Kate to help end what she started, and she strikes the match.

In which state is the Barton family farm where the series ends?

Kate and Lucky join the Bartons there for Christmas morning.

Stane Tower, the college building Kate wrecks in Hawkeye, shares its name with the villain of which Marvel film?

Iron Man. Obadiah Stane was Tony Stark's mentor before turning on him in the 2008 film, and reviewers spotted the tower's name as a callback to him.

Hawkeye was made as a limited series, but Disney ultimately entered it for Emmys in which categories?

Comedy series. Entering it there, and not as a limited series, was read by awards watchers as a sign that Marvel was leaving the door open for a second season.

Hawkeye was Marvel Studios' fifth Disney+ series, but which came first?

WandaVision. It only went first because the pandemic delayed The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which had been developed earlier and was due in August 2020.

Which spin-off series followed Hawkeye, focusing on Maya Lopez?

Echo. Its violence has consequences gritty enough to earn Marvel Studios' first TV-MA rating, which a producer called "a new direction for the brand".

Which actor from Netflix's Daredevil fights Maya Lopez in a flashback in her Hawkeye spin-off?

Charlie Cox. His Daredevil crosses her path during one of her early jobs for Kingpin, in a fight the director previewed as the birth of Maya the villain.

Who turns up in Kate Bishop's apartment to recruit her for a team of young heroes?

Kamala Khan. In the last scene of The Marvels she repeats Nick Fury's old recruiting speech almost word for word, then hints that Cassie Lang is next on her list.