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Halle Berrywants to take another stab atCatwoman.
“I would love to directCatwoman,” she toldJake’s Takeswith a laugh about remaking the film after making her directorial debut with Netflix’sBruised. “If I could get a hold of that now, knowing what I know having had this experience and reimagine that world the way I reimagined this story.Bruisedwaswritten for a white, Irish-Catholic 25-year-old girland I got to reimagine it.”
“I wish I could go back and reimagineCatwomanand have a redo on that,” added Berry.
She explained of her updated vision: “I would have Catwoman saving the world — like most male superheroes do — and not just saving women from their faces cracking off. I would make the stakes a lot higher and I think make it more inclusive of both men and women.”
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The actress previouslyjokedthat herCatwomancharacter deserved a second chance after the overwhelmingly negative initial reaction to the film.
“Each story builds on the next. It’s like that old saying goes: behind every Black Panther is a great Black Catwoman!” she said while presenting an award at the 2018 GLAAD Media Awards. “You know, I’ve gotten a really bad rap for this role, and I think Catwoman deserves another god—- chance, don’t you?”
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With the film available to stream on HBO Max, Berry joked onTwitterabout fansrediscoveringCatwomanand defending it.
When a fan wrote, “I’m sorry but Halle Berry ate her Catwoman role up, idk why ppl hate that movies, it’s camp. I love it,” Berry replied, “I’m seeing all theCatwomanlove, everybody. Where were you guys 17 years ago,” adding a crying-laughing emoji at the end of her tweet.
Bruiseddebuts on Netflix on Nov. 24.
source: people.com
