# Cher as Catwoman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182 "2008-08-25T11:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/1 "2008-08-25T11:40:43Z")
Reported [here.](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2612613/Cher-%20to-play-Catwoman-in-next-Batman-film.html) I would like for this to be true, if Chris Nolan can pull it off. I like the possibilities of a Catwoman whose sexuality and femininity are waning, and who might be getting a little desperate, a little more insane. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/2 "2008-08-25T11:49:01Z")
It’s almost certainly not true. There isn’t a _Batman 3_ even mooted by anybody relevant yet, not Warner Brothers, not DC, not Chris Nolan (who hasn’t been signed on), there’s no script, there’s not even a story, let alone any likelihood of someone being “in talks” for a role. It is, in all likelihood, complete bollocks. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/3 "2008-08-25T11:52:06Z")
I don’t see “complete bollocks” in the Telegraph very often though, although I am skeptical as I’ve heard nothing else from anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/4 "2008-08-25T12:04:13Z")
Even I think it’s most likely “complete bollocks” - but I think it would be interesting to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/5 "2008-08-25T17:40:45Z")
> [@](#): > > A studio executive said: "Cher is Nolan’s first choice to play Catwoman. He wants to her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years. I don’t believe it for a second. I actually think it would be an interesting take on the character, but the plasticine one would NEVER do it. Cher is so narcissistically, neurotically youth-obsessed that she wouldn’t even consider playing a character who’s “in her twilight years.” Just look at the photo - 62 y.o. and she’s “showing off” her midriff? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/6 "2008-08-25T17:44:27Z")
She hasn’t given a good movie performance in 20 years. It would be a total disaster. I can’t imagine it’s even remotely true. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/7 "2008-08-25T17:45:57Z")
If Cher might be considered, why not just go with Eartha Kitt again? **covers article with non-clumping litter** ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/8 "2008-08-25T17:49:50Z")
No. Do you hear me? NO. Just … don’t. No. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/9 "2008-08-25T18:20:31Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] She hasn’t given a good movie performance in 20 years. It would be a total disaster. I can’t imagine it’s even remotely true. [/QUOTE] She was generally praised for her performance in 1999’s “Tea With Mussolini”. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/10 "2008-08-25T18:27:30Z")
Da da da da da da da da … Catmilf, Catmilf, Catmilf… ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/11 "2008-08-25T18:37:09Z")
You know, there was a _lot_ of skepticism over how well Heath Ledger would work as the Joker, and we all know how that turned out, so I don’t think the Cher suggestion is really that absurd. It’s going to take a lot more than one article for me to even remotely believe it, of course. The idea is interesting, but I’m not really sure how it would work in the Nolanverse. If the character is supposed to be in her twighlight years, wouldn’t that mean that she had been active for a lot longer than either Batman or the Joker? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/12 "2008-08-25T18:49:17Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] She was generally praised for her performance in 1999’s “Tea With Mussolini”. [/QUOTE] Did you see that POS? She was not good–and opposite the 3 Dames (Smith, Dench, Plowright), that stood out even more. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/13 "2008-08-25T18:50:20Z")
[QUOTE=shy guy] You know, there was a _lot_ of skepticism over how well Heath Ledger would work as the Joker, and we all know how that turned out, so I don’t think the Cher suggestion is really that absurd. [/QUOTE] But it was skepticism based on the curiosity of the casting, not because there was any doubt about Ledger’s genuine acting ability. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/14 "2008-08-26T02:21:12Z")
So, how far would you have to turn back time to make Cher = Catwoman a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/15 "2008-08-26T14:27:32Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] But it was skepticism based on the curiosity of the casting, not because there was any doubt about Ledger’s genuine acting ability. [/QUOTE] There’s doubt regarding Cher’s acting ability? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything with her in it, but didn’t she, like, win an Oscar? ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/16 "2008-08-26T15:04:50Z")
[QUOTE=shy guy] There’s doubt regarding Cher’s acting ability? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything with her in it, but didn’t she, like, win an Oscar? [/QUOTE] Yep, and she was nominated for another. Which doesn’t alter the fact that she can’t act her way out of a wet paper bag. Seriously, she has no range, no style, flat dead eyes… Man, I hate Cher. I’ll never forgive her for that cover version of “Hey Joe”. thwartme ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/17 "2008-08-26T16:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=shy guy] The idea is interesting, but I’m not really sure how it would work in the Nolanverse. If the character is supposed to be in her twighlight years, wouldn’t that mean that she had been active for a lot longer than either Batman or the Joker? [/QUOTE] She could have been a run-of-the-mill cat burglar and only recently (perhaps inspired by Batman a la Year One IIRC) decided to go all super-villain and go out with a bang, as it were. > [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Did you see that POS? She was not good–and opposite the 3 Dames (Smith, Dench, Plowright), that stood out even more. All I’m saying is that many highly respected critics disagree with your assertion. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/18 "2008-08-26T16:52:49Z")
Cher as Catwoman? Could work if they emphasize her age in a liason with Robin in which she steals Robin away form a much younger woman. (What can I say, I find older women hot.) ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/19 "2008-08-26T17:22:43Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Cher as Catwoman? Could work if they emphasize her age in a liason with Robin in which she steals Robin away form a much younger woman. (What can I say, I find older women hot.) [/QUOTE] But given this is Cher we’re talking about, she’s not exactly _entirely_ old, is she? I mean, parts of her are old, but other parts of her still have that new-in-the-showroom smell, you know what I mean? However, she’s had so much plastic surgery, her skin has the consistency of Michelle Pfieffer’s catsuit, so she’s got that going for her. mmmm. . . Michelle Pfeiffer in a PVC catsuit. . . I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182/20 "2008-08-26T17:28:51Z")
She was great in “The Witches of Eastwick,” I thought. But wasn’t there also speculation (either by a doper or by some news source, I forget which) about Anette Benning also doing it, as crazy cat lady, instead of sex kitten? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cher-as-catwoman/461182.md?page=2)