I was just reading the script and [thinking] like, I dont get this…

I just couldnt connect to it, he said.

Ultimately, Renner said, he has no regrets for declining the part.

HELLBOY, Ron Perlman, 2004, (c) Columbia/courtesy Everett Collection LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 22: Jeremy Renner attends the world premiere of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures “Avengers: Endgame” at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)

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Theres zero regrets, zero.

I just wouldnt have fit there, he said.

With Hawkeye, however, it was a different story.

Renner went on to play the part of Hawkeye (a.k.a.

In April, it wasannouncedthat the character would be the subject of a new series on Disney+.