Not only that but D'Onofrio has repeatedly expressed interest in reprising the role, although usually in the context of the Spider-Man films but I don't see why he wouldn't want to do it here. Thr question comes down to Feige and company and whether they want to bring in the Netflix shows into fold, even if on a surface level only.
Of that, I have no doubt. But the fact that Nathaniel accepted the idea of his dad not making it home in time was still heartbreaking.
I didn't realize until I saw this post that his son is named Nathaniel, which I would assume means he was named after Natasha.But the best scene was that heartbreaking conversation Clint had with Nathaniel when Clint didn't have his hearing aid. Not just because of his incapacitated hearing, but also because even Nathaniel is seeing the reality of the situation about his dad probably not making it home for Christmas.
Maybe, or certainly, I'm biased to those shows, I don't see what the problem would be. They acknowledged the Chitari, and didn't contradict anything that came after.
I guess you've forgotten the scene at the farmhouse in Age of Ultron where Nat asked about "little Natasha" and Laura admits that he's "little Nathaniel" (to which Nat says "Traitor" to Laura's belly).
Oh, damn, I had forgotten about that (at least I think I knew about that, it does sound familiar). It's a shame she didn't get the role, even if Meng'er Zhang did a terrific job in the role.
