Anne Hathaway on a solo Catwoman film: I would be totally up for doing it

Publish date: 2024-05-15

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Here are some photos of Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey promoting Interstellar in Shanghai today. I guess Jessica Chastain wasn’t invited? Which is weird, because Jessica is contractually obligated to ONLY promote Interstellar for the next six weeks. Anyway, I’m not crazy about Annie’s photocall or premiere looks here. My opinion – and I hope this won’t become more fodder for The Poor Bullied Annie Hathaway Campaign – is that Annie’s style has taken a major hit since she stopped working with Rachel Zoe. It’s too bad. Theirs was a prosperous union.

Anyway, did you know that Anne sort of wants to do a stand-alone Catwoman film with Christopher Nolan? Sigh…

IGN recently spoke to Anne Hathaway at the Interstellar junket, and with female-led superhero movies Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel now in the works, we asked the actress if the time is right to get a standalone Catwoman flick off the ground.

“I would be totally up for doing it” she explained “If Chris [Nolan] was involved. For me, the thing that made doing that part particularly fun was that she existed in his Gotham. Without him I don’t think it would be the same thing. But I also wonder about that part. If because she’s a thief, it’s not better to have her be a small part in a larger film. So she can go through and steal aspects of the film. But when the focus is squarely on her, I don’t know if it works as well.”

We then asked Hathaway if she’d be keen on bringing the character back to cameo in one of DC’s many other forthcoming films…

“Oh yeah that’d be fun. I’d definitely love that. I want to play her again. I don’t know – this is just speculation, because I do think about it sometimes – I think she’s got an amazing backstory and it would be great to see her get her own film. But I don’t know – she is someone who… mystery serves her well so I don’t know what a whole film would do. But who knows?”

[From IGN]

I might have to turn in my Feminism Says We Need More Lead Roles For Women card, because I sort of agree with her. I think Catwoman works when she’s playing off of strong men, antiheroes or villains, what have you. She’s more interesting in combination with other people/stories. I’m not sure many people would really care about another stand-alone Catwoman movie, especially after Halle Berry sort of ruined that concept. Plus, I get the feeling that some people are still mad that Annie was ever cast as Catwoman. I always liked that choice though, and I honestly thought she was the best part of The Dark Knight Rises.

PS… I love all of the body language analysis on Anne and Matthew during this promotional tour. I agree, he can’t stand her.

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Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

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