Actress, singer, and director Zoe Kravitz is speaking candidly about her experiences in Hollywood and the harsh reality of rejection.
03.03.2022 - 18:37 / etcanada.com
Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson are about to hit the big screen in “The Batman”, but before they were cast as the classic DC comics characters Selina Kyle/Catwoman and Bruce Wayne/Batman, respectively, they experienced a “weird” yet “wonderful” screen test.
Kravitz, 33, appeared on Wednesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show” where she recalled doing a screen test with Pattinson, 35, who was dressed in a half Batman costume. She initially thought the encounter would be strange given that she knew Pattinson prior to the audition and would be catching up with him between takes.
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“I knew Rob…But I had never worked with him and I’m a huge fan of his work,” the actress told host Jimmy Fallon. “I had to camera test with him and that was kind of funny…just to camera test with someone you know dressed up as Batman and you haven’t seen them in a while.”
She recalled thinking, “Oh, that’s Rob dressed as Batman, that’s weird. He was so wonderful that I totally forgot it was him.”
Kravitz added that Pattinson was wearing George Clooney’s Batman suit [from his 1997 portrayal of the Caped Crusader in “Batman & Robin”] “only from the waist up.”
“He was wearing sweatpants at the bottom,” she continued. “A casual Batman.”
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The “Big Little Lies” star landed the role of Catwoman in 2019. She called the production a “wild” and “long journey” due to the pandemic shutting it down for six months.
Fallon then suggested different ways in which he would get into character had he been cast as Catwoman, including drinking milk out of a bowl.
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Actress, singer, and director Zoe Kravitz is speaking candidly about her experiences in Hollywood and the harsh reality of rejection.
Taylor Swift is a proud cat lady and a big supporter of Zoë Kravitz’s Catwoman. The 32-year-old Grammy Award winner took to social media to praise her bestie for her performance as Selina Kyle in the newly premiered and record-breaking film The Batman.“@zoeisabellakravitz is the Catwoman of my dreams,” Swift wrote with an image of the 33-year-old actress.
The Dark Knight Rises for being too “urban”.The singer and actor, who plays Selina Kyle aka Catwoman in The Batman, discussed her early acting career rejections when she opened up about attempting to audition for director Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film.Speaking to the Observer, Kravitz said she was turned down after being labelled too “urban” for an unspecified role.“I don’t know if it came directly from Chris Nolan,” Kravitz said. “I think it was probably a casting director of some kind, or a casting director’s assistant… Being a woman of colour and being an actor and being told at that time I wasn’t able to read because of the colour of my skin, and the word urban being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment.”Speaking about being cast in The Batman from director Matt Reeves, Kravitz added: “It was crazy.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRobert Pattinson’s “The Batman” towered over international box office charts, collecting $120 million from 74 overseas markets.After debuting to $128.5 million in North America, the Warner Bros. comic book adventure has generated $248.5 million globally to date.
Zoe Kravitz is revealing more details about her preparation to take on the coveted role of ‘Catwoman’ in the long awaited film ‘The Batman,’ explaining that she did everything she could to get into character, including “drinking milk from a bowl.”The 33-year-old star talked to Jimmy Fallon about some of the unusual methods she used to embody Selina Kyle, with the TV host looking surprised when he asked “You drank milk out of a bowl?” to which Zoe responded, “I’m method, dude!”The actress had previously detailed some other methods she used, including studying animals to understand their movements and portray Catwoman better on the big screen. “I watched a bunch of cat videos, feline videos, watching them fight,” she continued “I was so interested in the fact that you can’t read their faces at all, which is why I think people are kind of creeped out by them.”She also reflected on their changes in behavior, explaining that the film crew put her “in a room with a bunch of cats… but the cats didn’t care.
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Zoe Kravitz says Robert Pattinson wore George Clooney’s Batman costume during their screen test. ‘The Batman’ star revealed that her co-star tried on one of his predecessor’s superhero suit - the one he wore during his Razzie-nominated performance in the 1997 movie ‘Batman and Robin’ - but “only from the waist up” while appearing on ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’. The 33-year-old actress told host Jimmy that the 35-year-old actor - who plays Bruce Wayne in the new Matthew Reeves movie - was “wearing sweatpants at the bottom,” before labelling the look “causal Batman”.
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The Batman.The actor appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (March 2) ahead of the film’s release, when the host listed preparations he’d make if he was cast as Selina Kyle.“I would study cats,” said Fallon, to which Kravitz replied: “I did that.”Fallon then suggested drinking milk out of a bowl, to which Kravitz seemingly joked: “I did that. I did.”Asked if she actually drank milk from a bowl, Kravitz added: “Maybe.
Catwoman/Selina Kyle is an iconic role that has been mastered by many actresses over the years!
The Batman. In the film Kravitz takes on the iconic role of Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman, opposite , who plays Bruce Wayne, a.k.a.
An on-brand outfit! Zoë Kravitz gave a special — and very high-fashion — nod to Catwoman at The Batman premiere in New York City on Tuesday, March 1.
Zoë Kravitz went full Catwoman at the New York City premiere of Tuesday night.Kravitz, who dazzled in an all-black number with a special nod to «the cat,» spoke to ET's Rachel Smith about her look, and the Catwomen of the past who inspired her portrayal of Selina Kyle.«I mean, I have literal cats on my dress, what do you think?» Kravitz said of channeling Kyle with her red carpet look. «I think she's just someone who I've been inspired by for so long, I'm so excited to celebrate her on this journey of releasing the film.»The black, floor-length strapless gown featured a corset-like lace up detail at the bodice, with two sets of cat ears at the bust to pay homage to Kravitz's role of Catwoman.
Zack Sharf Selina Kyle/Catwoman is often depicted as bisexual in the comics, but the character’s LGBTQ sexuality has never crossed over onto the big screen in iterations of the character played by Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry and Anne Hathaway. Zoë Kravitz is the latest actor to take on the role of Catwoman, starring opposite Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne in “The Batman.” Kravitz recently told Australia’s Pedestrian that she interpreted her Catwoman as bisexual in the film.During one scene of “The Batman,” Selina Kyle enters her apartment in search of her friend Anika.