9 More Actors Who Begged For Their Movie Characters To Die

6. Jeremy Renner – Avengers

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With a cast as big and accomplished as that of the Avengers, it was inevitable that someone would get the short shrift and be left playing a thankless role in the superhero team up blockbuster. For Bourne actor/ former indie darling Jeremy Renner, however, the comparative uselessness of his under- utilized Hawkeye left him attempting to convince the filmmakers to kill him off and put him out of his misery.

Renner reports that he would feign a heart attack during shooting to remind the creators that offing him was always an available option, but luckily the producers instead listened and gave Hawkeye a little more story for later instalments.

Well, you know. They gave the accomplished archer as much spotlighting as he deserved when his teammates were a super soldier, a literal God, the Hulk, and Tony Stark.

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