Hawkeye spoilers follow.
Kate Bishop actress Hailee Steinfeld believes her arrow-shooting heroine can go "anywhere" within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Across this year's six-part Disney+ offshoot Hawkeye, Kate transitioned from diehard fangirl to Avenger sidekick, but what does the future hold for this youngster?
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"She, I think, is forced into the reality of what it means to be a superhero," Steinfeld shared with ET Online." It's not all jumping from buildings and making people smile. There's, as she says, collateral damage that that can go along with it.
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"But that doesn't stop her. I think it throws her and it alters her outlook, but it doesn't stop this burning fire within her to ultimately help people and protect people.
"She knows she's capable of that. And I think that that alone can take us anywhere."
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Just last month, the Oscar-nominated star waxed lyrical about her colleague Jeremy Renner for easing her into such a spotlit situation.
"I think there is part of it that might have felt a little daunting at one point. But it felt like a very sort of smooth entrance into this universe. And I think I owe that to the people around me – and Jeremy.
"I mean, right away, I feel like where I might have thought I was in any way prepared for this, given what I have done in my career, in my life, previously… I feel like you knew, and this was just going to be something different and of its own kind. And it was.
"I just felt so lucky to have Jeremy as an ally, and again, really everyone involved there to make this as amazing as possible," Steinfeld told Digital Spy.
Hawkeye is streaming on Disney+ in its entirety.
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