It may be hard to believe, but Halle Berry‘s Catwoman was released over 20 years ago. Oh, how time flies!
Looking back at the movie during a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Berry said she absolutely “loved” playing the character but hated how the critics reacted to it after its release.
“It got panned, you know, the critics said it sucked b–,” Berry hilariously said. “What I’m happy about is the children have found it now on the internet [and] the kids love it.”
“It’s so vindicating,” she added. “What the heck was everybody’s problem with it?”
Fallon then asked if Berry would be open to reprising her feline role again, and Berry had the best response. “Maybe if I could direct it,” she said.
As a reminder, Berry made her directorial debut in the 2020 boxing movie Bruised, in which she also starred.
And while her one condition to wear the Catwoman suit again might have everything to do with eying the director’s chair for a second time, it might also be related to having more control over the project. After all, so much of the backlash for Catwoman landed on her shoulders.
“I didn’t love [the backlash],” Berry told Entertainment Weekly in July. “Being a Black woman, I’m used to carrying negativity on my back, fighting, being a fish swimming upstream by myself. I’m used to defying stereotypes and making a way out of no way.”
“Growing up as a Black woman, that’s two strikes against you,” she continued. “There’s an innate resilience. I hated that it got all put on me, and I hate that, to this day, it’s my failure. I know I can carry it. I still have a career 20 years later. It’s just part of my story. That’s okay, and I’ve carried other failures and successes.”
“People have opinions, and sometimes they’re louder than others,” she added. “You just have to keep moving.”
Looks like if she moves all the way to the director’s seat, she’ll know how to carry the weight of a sequel with her head held high.
Before you go, click here to see all the actresses who have played Catwoman.
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