Fans were very vocal about the lack of Hawkeye in the first Avengers movie and it even became a running joke within the fandom.
This resonated in Jeremy Renner as well, whose frustration about his character’s storyline was so high that acted out the character’s death on set multiple times.
Hawkeye has gone through some character development from his first appearance in Thor to his latest participation in Civil War.
I was just getting to know who Hawkeye was, and then zap, I go round like a zombie, I’m like Loki’s minion.