Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye Costume To Be Based In Reality

The Purple Costume will not make an appearance. Are you surprised?

MTV's Splash Page has been a pretty solid source for quick tidbits regarding the upcoming DC and Marvel Comics movie adaptations. Generally, they catch up with an actor to discuss their role in a comic book movie and convince them to shed some light on queries fans have been eagerly anticipating for some time. Their latest interview with The Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner, the man who will don the Hawkeye costume in the upcoming The Avengers movie, reveals some details about what we can expect to see him wear in the movie.

Apparently Renner believes it'll be based in reality rather than the classic purple costume Hawkeye fans have grown accustomed to in Marvel's primary continuity. "I think it's going to be a little more reality-based," said Renner. "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. That's why I think it's more palatable to audiences - there's almost a sense of reality to these superheroes. That's what makes it interesting to me, anyway."

Regardless of your costume preference for his character, it should come as no surprise that they'd abandon the more flamboyant suit in favor of something similar to the one Scarlett Johansson donned in Iron Man 2. That's not to say it won't be based on the one he wears in The Ultimates comic book series, a common source of inspiration for the Marvel films.

In the least, it may cheer you up to hear Renner basically confirmed that his character and Black Widow will have a relationship in the movie. "We will [have a relationship], I think, in this one as well, we're kind of a team, and what that relationship is, is still to be discovered."

So what are your thoughts? Are you excited to see Renner take on Hawkeye in The Avengers?