The first timeHailee Steinfeldappeared in a feature film, she was nominated for an Oscar.
That’s not to say everything comes easy to the actress.
Case in point: the archery lessons she was taking in Los Angeles.
Between ‘Dickinson’ and ‘Hawkeye,’ Hailee Steinfeld will be all over your TV this fall.Catherine Servel/Trunk Archive
“My instructor looked at me and was just like, ‘Okay.
We got work to do.'”
“It’s very, very exciting to be in the MCU at all.
Kate Bishop first appeared in the pages of ‘Young Avengers’ by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung.Marvel Comics
At the time, the two-dimensional version of Avenger Clint Barton (a.k.a.
Hawkeye) was temporarily dead, as one tends to be from time to time in comics.
“When you read the comics, you get that energy from Kate that wit and those smarts.
Kate Bishop (Steinfeld) and Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) come face-to-face on Disney+’s ‘Hawkeye’.Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
And meeting Hailee, you see she’s so incredibly talented.
Just look at the body of work she’s accomplished at such a young age.
“But I was still grateful to have the mechanics down.”
Hailee Steinfeld stars as the titular poet on Apple TV+’s ‘Dickinson’.Courtesy of Apple
The actress knows that kind of authenticity is important when playing a character steeped in mythology.
“As a producer, Hailee contributed in many ways to the show,” Smith says.
The fun is in taking that material and building something new out of it.
Steinfeld’s own takeaway?
A version of this story appeared inEntertainment Weekly’s November issue, on newsstands now andavailable to order here.
