There’s no standing aside, it is about standing collectively: Hailee Steinfield on Marvel present ‘Hawkeye’

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Hollywood star Hailee Steinfeld says headlining her personal Marvel undertaking felt like changing into part of a workforce and her endeavour was to showcase her credentials as a workforce participant.

One of the rising stars in Hollywood, Steinfeld makes her debut within the highly-successful Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) together with her upcoming sequence “Hawkeye”, co-starring Jeremy Renner.

The Disney+ Hotstar sequence introduces Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, an ardent follower of Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Renner).

She turns into his protege as they confront enemies from his previous.

“I just feel so lucky to be a part of this show. Becoming a part of the MCU feels like I’ve become a part of a team. And there’s no standing apart, it’s about standing together. So I feel very lucky to be involved at all,” the 24-year-old actor advised PTI throughout a bunch Zoom interview.

With MCU increasing in all kinds of instructions with its post-“Avengers: Endgame” initiatives, there may be sure to be strain on newcomers to make their mark.

Steinfeld, who beforehand starred in films comparable to “True Grit”, “Begin Again”, “The Edge of Seventeen” and “Bumblebee”, nonetheless, is already a longtime star in her personal proper.

The actor stated she was was glad to work with Renner, a veteran determine within the MCU and one of many authentic members of the Avengers workforce.

“We just met and we were on our way with this thing. Everything happened so fast and we sort of jumped right into the deep end. And I think that sort of left us no choice but to become a team because we were taking all this on together. We had a lot of laughs and we had a great time, so that obviously helped and we got to do some of the coolest things ever. So, we had some fun, little bonding moments as we worked on this series.”

Renner, she stated, was a pillar of assist and a real mentor on the present.

“It’s really been so incredible having Jeremy throughout this experience because it truly has been unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in the past. It was something that I could not have really prepared myself for and so I’m grateful that I had him and his support and his mentorship through this whole thing. I really did feel that collaboration and that team very early on and it was also very cool just to watch him do his thing as a fan of the Avengers,” she added.

Steinfeld has been performing because the age of 10 and located fame when she was forged as Mattie Ross in critically-acclaimed Westerner “True Grit”.

Over the years, her portrayal of strong-willed and headstrong characters has received her reward from  critics and followers.

The actor stated there may be each a component of deliberateness in addition to coincidence in her discovering such superb characters.

“There’s obviously something there that I love and that I’m drawn to. But I do think that these qualities aren’t necessarily the qualities that I actively searched for in the characters that I play. But I do love it when I discover that they all happen to have that in common, that there are these strong-willed and strong-minded young women who have a point of view and are trying to figure out their place in this world and assert that position,” Steinfeld stated.

“Hawkeye” has been created by Jonathan Igla and co-directed by Rhys Thomas and the filmmaker duo Bert & Bertie.

The present additionally stars Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Zahn McClarnon, Brian d’Arcy James, and Alaqua Cox.

“Hawkeye” will begin streaming on Disney+ Hotstar in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam on Wednesday.