Angelina Jolie ‘flattered’ by Catwoman rumors

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Shortly after The Dark Knight was in theaters, fans had already picked their favorite actors to play the villains in what would be The Dark Knight Rises. Johnny Depp as the Riddler and Angelina Jolie as Catwoman were commonly discussed across various message boards online. MTV caught up with Jolie to talk about her new movie The Tourist (which also stars Johnny Depp), and asked what she thought about the Catwoman rumors. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

MTV: Christopher Nolan is hard at work on his third “Batman” film, “The Dark Knight Rises,” and the Internet has decided you’d be perfect to play Catwoman. Whatcha think?

Jolie: I haven’t heard anything about it, but I thought they did it.

MTV: Well, yes — once with Michelle Pfeiffer in Tim Burton’s “Batman Returns” and again with Halle Berry in 2004′s “Catwoman” — but never in Nolan’s version of the franchise.

Jolie: “I see. Thank you. Flattering.”

It’s not much, but December is going to be a slow news month so I wanted to share it. Angelina Jolie’s name did not appear on the short-list of actresses competing for the two female lead parts, but what do you think? Would Jolie make a good Catwoman? You can check out the video after the break for the full interview.


(The Catwoman comments start around the 33 second mark)

SOURCE: MTV

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  • Jezza

    Simple answer: “No!”

    Jolie may appear to have the villain-esque routine down to a ‘T’ according to many. But in my eyes, she’s by no means an A-rated actress and I believe that Nolan can see this. The impression I get is that she would also be an awkward person to work with and I doubt Nolan would want that coming through in her performance on screen.

  • Rowiel21

    please no…

    I think she’s a good actress (Changeling changed my opinion of her), but she has a tendency to play the same role over and over: sexy action star with a mysterious quality about her, detective, sexy villain, foreign accent. Taking Lives, Salt, Wanted, Beowulf, Mr & Mrs Smith, Laura Croft, Alexander, The Tourist. And no I’m not hating on her because of her looks (She is undeniably beautiful, and Changeling and A Mighty Heart told me she CAN do other roles). But I feel like she always falls into these being the beautiful seductress, action hero which at some point has to be seen naked… She wouldn’t disappear into the role as well as the other actors do in these films. Course its not even definite catwoman will be the female villain. Its just an opinion, but I do not think she would be good in these films. Then again, its Chris Nolan’s choice, and if he decides to cast her I would trust him (So far he’s done well :)

    • M6000

      u spelled Laura wrong it’s Lara Croft

  • One-eyed Willie

    Nah… she doesn´t look like a Nolan´s type of actress… But, hell, we´ve got Katie Holmes in the past, so…

    • http://twitter.com/SHotMBlog SuperherooftheMonth

      Yeah, but I think that was more WB than it was Nolan, if I remember correctly. I think after Begins and The Prestige, Nolan established himself with WB and they’ve let him pretty much run the show with TDK and Inception. You may recall, there was a bit of “confusion” as to whether Katie Holmes quit TDK, or was “let go” by Nolan & Co., to be replaced by a much better actor. So I doubt Nolan would hire someone like Jolie because of the Holmes casting.

  • Anonymous

    i would like to see her in Sin City as Ava Lord but not DKR as Catwoman.

  • John Johnson

    This was a pretty bad interview. What does x-factor or lady gaga has to do with anything? And for the catwoman rumour, it will never happen. To see Jolie in a Nolan film is like seeing a whale inside of a flies belly.

  • M6000

    I don’t know if she would make a good catwoman or not but it sure would make me happy if she was Catwoman because she is HOTT! and my favorite actress so yes I’m sold on the thought of her being catwoman and honestly anything is better then Halle berry as Catwoman what a lame ass idea.