{"id":41077,"date":"2021-11-24T17:45:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T17:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=41077"},"modified":"2021-11-24T19:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T19:23:44","slug":"hawkeye-marvel-disney-hailee-steinfeld","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/hawkeye-marvel-disney-hailee-steinfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"A Marvel Super-Fan Explains Hailee Steinfeld\u2019s \u2018Hawkeye\u2019 Character\u2026Sort Of"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hailee Steinfeld in Hawkeye<\/i> (Photo: courtesy of Disney+)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hawkeye<\/em>, Disney+\u2019s latest Marvel<\/a> series drops today. The Christmas-set limited series focuses on not only the Jeremy Renner character who has gone by that name since the early days of the MCU<\/a>, but also on a new young bow-and-arrows wielding vigilante played by Dickinson<\/em>\u2019s Hailee Steinfeld<\/a>. Kate Bishop, whom Disney describes as Hawkeye\u2019s \u201cbiggest fan,\u201d has been kicking around various comic books for years, but this will be the first time she\u2019s introduced to the wider world. So, to get a primer on the character before watching the show, I turned to my friend \u201cZephlene,\u201d a performer and collector of more Marvel comics than I ever dreamed existed.<\/p>\n

Who is Kate Bishop? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Bush\u2026<\/p>\n

She\u2019s Kate Bush?<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Laughs<\/em>] She\u2019s not Kate Bush.<\/p>\n

Are you sure? How sure are you that Hailee Steinfeld does not play Kate Bush on Disney+\u2019s Marvel\u2019s Hawkeye<\/em>? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Very sure. One hundred percent sure.<\/p>\n

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Hailee Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner in Hawkeye (Photo: Chuck Zlotnick\/Marvel Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ok, so who is she in the comics? <\/strong><\/p>\n

She was Hawkeye\u2019s apprentice who also took over for him and got the name \u201cHawkeye.\u201d In the comics they work together.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s\u2026also Hawkeye? They\u2019re both named Hawkeye? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

What are her super powers? <\/strong><\/p>\n

She doesn\u2019t have any. She\u2019s just a trained bows-person.<\/p>\n

A \u201cbows-person\u201d? <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Laughs<\/em>] An archer.<\/p>\n

Ok, so the young woman who Hawkeye is seen training in the movies is his actual daughter, who is not <\/em>Kate Bishop?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Correct. The daughter\u2019s name is Lila Barton. And he has called her<\/em> \u201cHawkeye\u201d when they\u2019re practicing.<\/p>\n

And Kate Bishop is called \u201cHawkeye,\u201d and Hawkeye is also \u201cHawkeye.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the comics, yes. But she gets the name \u201cHawkeye\u201d in the comics because he goes AWOL and becomes this character called Ronin.<\/p>\n