August 25th, 2008If She Could Turn Back Time, She’d Find a Way (to Play Catwoman)
In response to our Birds of Prey review in Episode 33, viewer Megh commented:
“…Lucius’s throwaway line “Should do fine against cats” has got my little fan brain spinning, hoping for not only Catwoman in the next (fingers crossed) film, but also Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy as the main baddies. I think the Nolan franchise needs a little girl power.”
It looks like she’s not the only one feeling that way. Australian artist Josh McMahon [via io9] created some poster mockups for his idealized third-film cast. Click through to see not only Marion Cotillard and Kristen Bell as Catwoman and Harley Quinn, but also David Tennant as The Riddler.
You can make a career out of wearing pinstripe suits, and I, for one, am glad to see Tennant getting away with it.
But, the best rumor I’ve heard is that Chris Nolan wants…
[Wait for it... And...]
…Cher to play Catwoman [UK Telegraph via ComicBookMovie.com]. My sources (made up of my common sense, Kodos and some Nescafé) say “no”.
I know that a lot of gay geeks have a preternatural, instinctive repulsion for gay-icon pop divas. I know that some of you younger readers are thinking “Cher Who?” And I know that even the Cher fans are thinking that she might be a little too close to Christmas in a May/December romance with Christian Bale. But I hope that both you and my sources are wrong. As silly as it sounds, I think this would be a fun interpretation of the character.
The article quotes an unnamed “studio executive” as saying:
“Cher is Nolan’s first choice to play Catwoman. He wants to [sic] her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years. [...] The new Catwoman will be the absolute opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry’s purring creations.”
The Michelle Pfeiffer (hot) and the Halle Berry (not) Catwomen were completely different, so calling this interpretation the “opposite” of that is essentially meaningless. But I’m all for it if they mean:
Opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer: older, more stable, more of a mastermind than a fighter
Opposite of Halle Berry: watchable
I do have one suggestion. If they’re going for an older, vampy Catwoman, why not go to the “unretouched & unretired” master, Julie Newmar? We hear she’s available.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:40 am
I think Cher could be interesting… I don’t think Catwoman’s enough to be the primary villain, so having her in that whole faded-glory thing could be cool.
The word on Catwoman’s all over the pace though. I originally heard Nolan had totally nixed her involvement, then that Angelina Jolie wanted it. So who knows?
August 26th, 2008 at 11:38 am
NONONONONO.
He killed Rachel, yay for that, time for a new love interest. Someone else make that movie, the DKR one where everyone is old, and maybe Cher or Julie Newmar would be great, but I want my young, sexy, smart, foil-to-Batman Catwoman.
(I watched Little Children recently to see pre-Watchmen Patrick Wilson and Jackie Earle Haley, and I thought, “Jennifer Connelly might not suck at Catwoman…”)
Also, yay for getting quoted!
August 26th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
So I know that she only gets a slight mention in this post, but I just wanted to say that Poison Ivy is still my favorite character and I would love to see her come alive again in the third movie. Uma did an ok job, but the movie was too over the top for what kind of character P.I. is in the comics. I don’t know, I may be the only one feeling that way. Oh, and Cher as Catwoman?? Slightly fierce, a little ‘broke my back while doing a cartwheel’, and always a class act regardless if it be feathers or fur.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I just had a cheesy and exploitative idea that would never happen, because the actress involved would find it cheesy and exploitative.
Cast Michelle Williams as Harlequin in the sequel — obsessed with the Joker’s memory and trying to keep his glory alive through her own crimes.
Okay okay, I admit that I am a horrible person even for thinking of this. But still.
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September 7th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
ack! NO!!! they CANNOT use cher for catwoman the mere mention of CHER as Catwoman makes me cringe. and while i’m not all super cher i do appreciate her performances in past films, i love mermaids, witches of eastwick, and tea with mussolini, but this would just be blah. there’s far better actresses to play the part and far more interestingly and who could still do the Vamp thing.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:46 am
OK! Everyone can relax now. It was just a rumor. But what a fun rumor! :D