Hawkeye director admits being "in the dark" over the finale's post-credits scene

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"I was not aware," says Rhys Thomas. "It wasn't planned that that was going to be the way that the show was going to close. I was actually a little in the dark too. I was curious, like, 'Is this slot going to be reserved for teeing something else up?' In the tradition that Marvel's known for. I was waiting for what that was going to be. Yeah, they made the decision to put the musical at the end there, which honestly, I was slightly conflicted about because like a fan, I'm like, 'The people, they want to see something, they want to know what's coming next. Is this going to disappoint?' In all fairness again, to the team, it's like, no, no, no, it's Christmas, it's light. We've got so much blood in this episode, it's just fun. It's a fun release at the end, and it's a nice way to send people off. That's how that came about and in terms of what it was, that was part of... Obviously, when we shot it for Episode 1, we shot the entire thing, but obviously in Episode 1, the focus was Jeremy (Renner) and less of the performance. It was (an) evolution of that." ALSO: Vincent D'Onofrio on his Hawkeye future: "I want to keep playing this part. My hope is that we continue."