We are scratching at our carpet-posts in SO MUCH agitated anticipation for The Dark Knight Rises and munching on any film-info like it’s catnip!!
And thankfully, Anne Hathaway recently dished some savory info-morsels on playing Catwoman aka Selina Kyle, and how her interpretation of the mysterious character differs from former incarnations.
Anne reveals:
“How do I say this without sounding like a know-it-all? I think that Catwoman depends on the Gotham City she lives in. The characterisation of her is informed by the world around her. So what I sought to do with my Selina was make her part of Christopher Nolan’s Gotham, just as I thought Michelle Pfeiffer’s was very brilliantly a part of Tim Burton’s.
The thing that I liked about playing Selina was that it wasn’t confidence for the sake of ‘girl power’. It was confidence for the sake of survival.
Everything about Selina has to be smooth. Except for her eyes. So everything was informed by that. I wanted to find a way of talking where it wasn’t as on the nose as a purr, but where you have to lean in a bit to hear her. So in a way you’re concentrating so hard on what she’s saying that you find yourself trapped in the moment you’re talking to her.”
So much Caterwauling. STRAIGHT SCREECHING WITH EXCITEMENT!!
And the dynamic of watching a strong, complicated female character butting heads with Batman, rather than some damsel needing Batman to save her will be so ferociously fresh, our claws have extended just thinking about it!
The cat runs free July 20th!
Pure purrrrrrfection.
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