Catwoman Is Back Again!

Catwoman Anne Hathaway performance in the latest Batman movie on Hedy Lamarr, the glamorous 1940s film star who first inspired the character. Many actresses have played Catwoman over the years, but to prepare for her own role as the sexy masked "Batman" character in "The Dark Knight Rises," Anne Hathaway looked to the source.


Catwoman (Anne) told the Los Angeles Times that she studied late Hollywood sex icon Hedy Lamarr, who the "Batman" comic book franchise creator Bob Kane used as one of his inspirations for Catwoman, along with actress Jean Harlow and his own girlfriend.Hathaway has now revealed she went back to the character’s roots for her portrayal, basing her performance on late Hollywood legend Lamarr, who was cited as the inspiration for Catwoman by comic book artist Bob Kane.

In 2009, she was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie "Rachel Getting Married." A year later, she and James Franco co-hosted the Academy Awards ceremony.Hathaway is now preparing to play Fantine, a poor French woman who turns to prostitution to provide for her daughter, in the film adaptation of the musical "Les Miserables," which also stars Hugh Jackman.


She adds, “What’s come before doesn’t limit or even affect this new version. It doesn’t affect me because each Catwoman – and this is true in the comics as well – she is defined by the context of the Gotham City created around her… Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman was informed by Tim Burton’s Gotham and Eartha Kitt was informed by Adam West’s Gotham. You have to live in whatever the reality of the world is and whatever Gotham is.”