Mr_Karate_II posted...
If it is true, just recast him, don't retire the character or kill the character off.
I feel like Renner's version of Clint Barton is too well-ingrained into the MCU for a recast to actually take with the audience. This isn't a case like Rhodes or Banner who had only been in one movie prior to their early recasts, or Ross who was a relatively minor recurring character. Those were easy recasts. For this one they would
have
to retire or kill the character and have somebody else (Kate Bishop) become the new Hawkeye, unless they pull some Multiverse shenanigans to bring an entirely new and separate Clint in.