During the lead-up to the release of The Dark Knight Rises, I was among those bloggers out there speculating on director Christopher Nolan’s casting choices for his Batman sequel. His inclusion of Tom Hardy as Bane had quite a few eyebrows raising, but not as much as his choice to cast fresh-faced Anne Hathaway as the seductive Selina Kyle aka Catwoman. Every time a photo came out, people dissected her costume, her hair, and wondered whether she could hold up the legacy of Catwomen going back from Michelle Pfeiffer to Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt.
Now after the release of The Dark Knight Rises, I feel ready to call this one on behalf of Christopher Nolan and his incredible eye for talent. In this thoroughly modern Batman retelling, Anne Hathaway is the complex and captivating Catwoman we have been waiting for.
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