As Maya Lopez\u2019s journey in the MCU<\/a> continues with Echo<\/a>, we were reacquainted with a very familiar face in episode 1 \u2013 Clint Barton\/Hawkeye<\/a>, played by Jeremy Renner.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not exactly a new appearance from the Avenger \u2013 episode 1 revisits a scene from Hawkeye in which Clint reveals to Maya that Kingpin (Vincent D\u2019Onofrio), who she considered family, was behind the death of her father, sparking her quest for vengeance.<\/p>\n As episode 1 deals with Maya\u2019s back story, it shows that conversation again, with Clint saying: \u201cYou and I, we\u2019re the same. When you\u2019re filled with rage, it makes you blind. You can be used. You can be manipulated.<\/p>\n \u201cYour boss wanted your father dead. Yes, your boss.\u201d<\/p>\n While Maya goes on to shoot Kingpin in the head, as we saw in the final episode of Hawkeye<\/a>, he survives, with episode 1 of Echo ending with the crime boss taking a deep breath as he recovers in hospital.<\/p>\n Echo fills in some of the gaps of Maya\u2019s back story before going on to show how her reckless behaviour catches up with her.<\/p>\n Chatting to RadioTimes.com<\/a> about the series, director Sydney Freeland stressed the importance of Maya staying a villain<\/a>.<\/p> She explained: \u201cThe question was just how gritty can we go? How grounded can we be? And one of the most interesting things about Hawkeye was the fact that Maya Lopez was a villain, and that\u2019s what really attracted me to the project.<\/p>\n \u201cIn conversations with\u00a0Marvel<\/a>, as we were talking about the character, the response was, like, \u2018Let\u2019s lean into that, let\u2019s see how far we can go down that rabbit hole.\u2019<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cReally, as we come into the series, Maya Lopez is a villain. But the goal is not to turn her into Captain America. No, no, no. That, to me, is actually kind of boring.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s exploring those nuances and those dynamics and also the other thing that was exciting to explore was, how does a Deaf indigenous girl from Oklahoma become a top lieutenant in Kingpin\u2019s army, and potentially even become a successor?<\/p>\n![\"Maya](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/Maya-Lopez-Hawkeye-efb1ce8.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Maya")
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