{"id":8563,"date":"2021-12-11T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1535524"},"modified":"2021-12-11T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T11:11:09","slug":"hawkeye-star-says-hes-hoping-to-be-a-part-of-the-echo-spin-off","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/hawkeye-star-says-hes-hoping-to-be-a-part-of-the-echo-spin-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawkeye star says he\u2019s hoping to be a part of the Echo spin-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 11 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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In the Matt Fraction\/David Aja Hawkeye<\/a> comics that Disney Plus\u2019 latest TV show is based on, there\u2019s a significant villain that Clint and Kate must face off with. Dubbed Kazi Kazimierczak, alias the Clown, he\u2019s a deadly mercenary who guns down one of Clint\u2019s neighbours and forces him into battle \u2013 but the Disney Plus show has taken a different tack with the character.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s the thing \u2013 most actors that sign on to do a Marvel job know very little about what it is that they\u2019re about to do,\u201d Fra Fee, who plays the live-action version of Kazi, told RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the case was pretty much the same for me. I had an inkling that the role that I was auditioning for was the character that you\u2019re referring to. And we did discuss how he was portrayed in the comic books.\u201d<\/p>

However, onscreen Kazi\u2019s character was changed entirely. Now, instead of an assassin hired by the Tracksuit Mafia, he\u2019s a senior member of the organised crime group, portrayed as a fairly bright and level-headed lieutenant to Alaqua Cox\u2019s obsessive Maya Lopez\/Echo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way that they sort of brought him into this story and how he sort of connected with Maya and everything was to make him a part of the Tracksuit Mafia, which is different in the comics,\u201d Fee said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s certainly been really interesting to take stuff from the comic books, and add to it with what we\u2019ve done with the TV show and sort of come up with something a bit more, I guess, original, that I can bring my own flavour to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though fans disappointed by Fee\u2019s lack of clown make-up may still have something to look forward to, the actor hinted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s to say where the character may or may not end up further down the line?\u201d he teased, noting that the final two episodes of the series pack quite a punch.<\/p>\n