Leaving their (claw) mark. Catwoman’s story has been launched on display by varied actresses through the years — and every one introduced their very own interpretation to their venture.
Halle Berry, who starred in a standalone Catwoman movie in 2004, left some followers wanting extra from her portrayal of the superhero. The film has been labeled a field workplace flop, with Berry notably attending the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards along with her Oscar to simply accept her Razzie for worst actress.
After the movie was rediscovered by youthful viewers when it started streaming on HBO Max, the Bruised star took to social media to precise her shock concerning the new wave of assist, tweeting in October 2021, “I’m seeing all of the Catwoman love, all people. The place had been you guys 17 years in the past 😂.”
One month later, Berry addressed the criticism that she confronted after the comedian ebook film initially got here out.
“You already know, I labored actually exhausting to be a Catwoman. I realized Capoeira, I did the work. The disheartening half was I didn’t direct it, I didn’t produce it, nor did I write it,” she defined throughout an look on Jimmy Kimmel Stay! in November 2021. “I used to be simply the actress in it. However for all these years, I’ve carried the burden of that movie. And you already know, no matter success it had or didn’t have — someway it appeared prefer it was all my fault. It actually wasn’t my fault, however I’ve been carrying it.”
The Ohio native famous on the time that she had no plans to revisit the Catwoman world until it was as a director. Berry handed on the baton to Zoë Kravitz, who was forged as Selina Kyle in 2022’s The Batman alongside Robert Pattinson.
The John Wick actress revealed how “thrilled” she was for Kravitz to tackle the function, telling Pop Tradition in February 2022, “I believe she’s going to be an incredible Catwoman. And I can’t wait to see what her interpretation of that’s.”
The Mad Max: Fury Street star, for her half, recalled not believing that she booked the job when her agent initially shared the information along with her.
“One factor I’ve needed to study from an early age is whenever you get hooked up, it’s exhausting, and more often than not, you don’t get the half. So my intuition is all the time to say, ‘It’s not mine,’” Kravitz shared throughout an interview with Elle earlier than the film’s launch.
The Excessive Constancy alum additionally provided some perception into the exhausting work that got here with the function, including, “Clearly, you need to look good in a catsuit, however I wished it to be practical that I’m capable of do something on this movie. So I needed to be sturdy. I bought stronger than I’ve ever been. That felt good, to see what I used to be able to. I felt assured — and I might kick some ass.”
Scroll all the way down to see each Catwoman iteration through the years:
