# First Image of Halle Berry as Catwoman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752 "2003-09-30T19:41:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/21 "2003-09-30T22:58:30Z")
That’s a fake, and not a good one. I’ve got cash to wager against anyone who thinks that’s an official “Publicity” shot, as Knowles puts it. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/22 "2003-09-30T23:08:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gangster Octopus \* > \*\*The only thing that sucks about that cosutme is that there is one. I mean cats don’t wear costumes, they prowl around _au naturel_ and that is what Halle should do to. \*\* Yes, I look forward to the scenes where she sprays to mark her territory. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/23 "2003-09-30T23:22:20Z")
Don’t get nervous, babies, it’s not as bad as all that. Here are some acutal pictures from the set: [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2003450911,00.html](http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2003450911,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/24 "2003-09-30T23:42:04Z")
Mask needs work. And let’s not talk about how Catwoman gets her really deep tan, eh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/25 "2003-10-01T03:27:55Z")
AFAIK the Catwoman film is to be independent of any Batman film. Also, I think Halle Berry is a terrible actress. ---
**Author:** ![cletus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/26 "2003-10-01T03:44:44Z")
The ears are too big. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/27 "2003-10-01T03:52:37Z")
Quite frankly, that suit looks rather skanky. After seeing Swordfish, I’m not turned on by Ms Berry anymore (how many $100,000’s per nipple?). Oh, and I don’t have high hopes for the ‘Jinks’ 007 spin off movie either. Why can that make a Harley Quinn movie instead? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/28 "2003-10-01T07:09:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \* > Why can that make a Harley Quinn movie instead? Primus, I hope not – I don’t want _another_ quality Bat-character effed up by the Bat-movie-franchise… ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/29 "2003-10-01T10:36:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*Hmm, with the huge stable of Batman villians established over 60 years, why are they reusing them already? \*\* Because catwoman is the sexiest, and a lot of them were really lame? Seriously, because everyone’s heard of penguin, riddler, joker, catwoman. Yeah, there’s some other’s who’d be good to see. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/30 "2003-10-01T11:10:41Z")
This thread was the first I’d heard of Halle Berry as Catwoman. I always heard Michelle Pfeiffer was going to reprise the role. What happened with that? ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/31 "2003-10-01T12:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WordMan \* > \*\*A different link from [Ain’t It Cool News](http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=16208) > > Boy that costume stinks. \*\* It’s a shame, isn’t it? If someone had said "Halle Berry as catwoman in a bikini and ripped leather’ I’d’ve gone ‘Wow!’ but this pic seems to mess it up entirely ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/32 "2003-10-01T12:31:06Z")
Sigh… I give up on any new WB Superhero movie. They don’t get it and they own DC!! No one has the balls to go back to the basics of what Batman is, nor will they take chances on the costume and the things that work in the comics. We’ll get another rubbersuit Batman who will have no interesting character and most of the film will centre on the villain. Will there be teh wild gothic gotham sets? You bet because it worked in teh first three movies. I wish they’d start from scratch and let the last franchise be a seperate set of their own. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/33 "2003-10-01T13:03:54Z")
You’ll be glad to hear then that Chris Nolan, director of the new Batman, says “no rubber suits” and wants to rely on a more realistic version of the costume. Probably because it’s a “year one” story, I think. Can’t remember where I read that but it was undoubtedly on [filmforce.ign.com](http://filmforce.ign.com). ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/34 "2003-10-01T13:11:56Z")
This is the first I heard of Halle as Catwoman as well, and I have to agree with everyone that this costume is a huge piece of crap. Anyone else notice the bare toes? Also, what’s the plot to the new Batman movie? I thought it was supposed to be a precursor…Batman Year One if you will. Perhaps she’s supposed to be a different character than Selina Kyle? Hey, Harvey Dent changed skin tone in the movies, I don’t see why she couldn’t. And I agree with everyone who claims she’s a terrible actress as well. And I saw **Operation: Swordfish** , and I gotta say…those breasts were NOT worth the hype. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/35 "2003-10-01T13:40:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*This is the first I heard of Halle as Catwoman as well, and I have to agree with everyone that this costume is a huge piece of crap. Anyone else notice the bare toes? > > Also, what’s the plot to the new Batman movie? I thought it was supposed to be a precursor…Batman Year One if you will. Perhaps she’s supposed to be a different character than Selina Kyle? Hey, Harvey Dent changed skin tone in the movies, I don’t see why she couldn’t. > \*\* It’s not a Batman movie, it’s a Catwoman movie. And as I stated before, it’s NOT Selina Kyle. > **[Catwoman (2004) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327554/)** > > Catwoman: Directed by Pitof. With Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson. A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her,... Apparently, it’s someone named “Patience Price”. ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/36 "2003-10-01T14:21:17Z")
Wow. Uhm…yah…looks bad. But I agree that it does look more like an artist’s rendition than an actual publicity shot. So maybe there is hope. I have mixed feelings about this film. But I’ll still be there to see it in theatres. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel_ > Why can that make a Harley Quinn movie instead? I’ve often wondered the same thing myself. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by rjung_ > Primus, I hope not – I don’t want another quality Bat-character effed up by the Bat-movie-franchise… I’ve often come to the same conclusion myself. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/37 "2003-10-01T14:38:17Z")
Since when do cats scratch themselves to shreds? It’s hot, but it’s not Catwoman hot. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/38 "2003-10-01T15:39:25Z")
I don’t believe it! They gavce away part of the plot on the movie’s frontpage of the IMDB! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/39 "2003-10-01T15:53:55Z")
Oh, I don’t know. I’ll be happy to not see this movie. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752/40 "2003-10-01T20:42:24Z")
Michelle Pfeiffer made a MUCH better Catwoman than this piece of crap. Make a new Batman in the manner of the first Tim Burton version, with the Clock King as the antagonist. Or maybe Clayface. Batman movies have been a bit shitty lately, but they can be redeemed by tapping the roots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-image-of-halle-berry-as-catwoman/204752.md?page=3)