In an excerpt posted to TikTok on Thursday, May 1, from an interview that Renner gave to the High Performance app, the actor claimed he was offered “half” of his salary from the first season of the Disney+ series in which he starred as the titular character.

Jeremy Renner is opening up about the reason behind Hawkeye not getting a second season. The actor has played the titular avenger across the Marvel Cinematic Universe and reprised his role in the Disney+ miniseries opposite Hailee Steinfeld.

Some “penny pinchers” clearly missed the bull’s-eye when reaching out to Jeremy Renner to return for Hawkeye Season 2. An MCU Phase 4 project that streamed on Disney+ Nov. 24 through Dec. 22, 2021, Hawkeye starred Renner and Hailee Steinfeld as veteran Avenger Clint Barton and his unsolicited protégé,