It’s hard for her to cope and understand that this person might possibly be in place of somebody that’s irreplaceable.” He’s treating her mom like how no other person in Kate’s world has ever treated her, outside of her dad. “There’s something about him initially - he’s sitting at their their dinner table, maybe where her dad used to sit. “When a parent is at all in any way replaced or trying to be replaced, there’s an automatic rejection that is put off from the child,” Steinfeld continued. (Note: Derek dying off early in her life would also represent another major detour from her comics history.)Įcho and Agatha Harkness Disney+ Series Confirmed by Marvel Studios Steinfeld attributed that aspect, plus the loss of her own father, Derek Bishop, in the show’s opening moments, to what leads Kate to taking up archery herself. Unlike his fellow Avengers, Clint is not a demigod, enhanced soldier, gamma-induced rage monster or even a tech billionaire. And she’s unbelievably inspired by him,” Steinfeld says. This person who is doing good and is helping people and he’s doing it single handedly on his own, by himself, as a human. In that moment, she makes this incredible new discovery, and that is Hawkeye. “We first meet Kate as she is experiencing this great loss.
Steinfeld told TheWrap that Kate’s love of all things Hawkeye starts in that opening scene, in which we see the Bishop family home get caught in the middle of The Battle of New York from 2012’s “The Avengers.”
Why ‘Hawkeye’ Went All-in With Christmas Themeīut in the Disney+ series, which debuted Wednesday, Kate is a full blown Hawkeye super fan, even going as far as asking Clint to sign her bow.