Zoe Kravitz Was Told She Was Too “Urban” To Audition For Catwoman In ‘Dark Knight Rises’

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Lenny Kravitz and Jason Momoa are taking their bond on the road!  On Saturday, the “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” singer posted a photo of him and the actor during a motorcycle ride. “Ride or die. Brothers for life,” Kravitz wrote next to the picture that shows Momoa embracing him while they sit on their motorcycles.

Zoë Kravitz crossed paths with a number of previous ‘cat women’ as part of a new Saturday Night Live sketch.The actress takes on the role of Catwoman/Selina Kyle in The Batman, following a line of stars who have previously portrayed the iconic DC character.During her debut hosting SNL, Kravitz had only just begun her opening monologue when she was interrupted by star Kate McKinnon, in character as Michelle Pfeiffer’s incarnation of the character in 1992’s Batman Returns.“I’m Catwoman from the ’90s, the one with the whip – you know like cats have,” she joked, before revealing her origin story of falling into a pile of cats, quipping “they licked me back to life, and now I dress like Sandy from a porno version of Grease“.fire up the cat signal!

Zoe Kravitz took to the Studio 8H stage over the weekend for her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut, and got some help from some special guests.

Zoe Kravitz is making her Saturday Night Live debut!

Zoe Kravitz took to the Studio 8H stage over the weekend for her hosting debut, and got some help from some special guests.After stepping out onto stage, Kravitz talked about how she plays Catwoman in, and how she got into the mindset of the iconic character.«To prepare for the role, I watched the movie musical Cats every day for a year,» Kravitz joked. «Which is actually how I heard Joaquin Phoenix prepared to play the Joker.»«Someone here talking about ?» asked Kate McKinnon as she joined Kravitz on stage, dressed like Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Tim Burton's .«I'm Catwoman from the '90s,» McKinnon explained. «The one with the whip.

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The Dark Knight Rises says she's thrilled for Zoë Kravitz, who plays Kyle opposite Robert Pattinson in The Batman, in theaters now."I haven’t been able to go to see [The Batman] yet,” the told , but added, “I have a friend who saw it this weekend and said not only is she phenomenal in it but how much fun it was to be in a packed movie theater and realizing that people are coming back to movies…I am so happy for her. I haven’t had a chance to see it yet, but I look forward to that.” This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Kravitz recently earned praise from another A-lister, Taylor Swift, who wrote on Instagram Stories that the High Fidelity star was “.”Hathaway is currently promoting Apple TV's upcoming WeCrashed, based on the rise and fall of WeWork founders Adam Neumann and his wife Rebekah Neumann.

Anne Hathaway has nothing but praise for the latest Catwoman, Zoë Kravitz!It’s been 10 years since Hathaway cracked the whip as the character in 2012’s , and she’s excited to support the 33-year-old actress as she steps into the role. “So, I have been doing this [], so I haven’t been able to go to see it yet,” Hathaway tells ET’s Lauren Zima.

Actress, singer, and director Zoe Kravitz is speaking candidly about her experiences in Hollywood and the harsh reality of rejection.

Zoe Kravitz is clarifying headlines.

The Batman, the new dark superhero flick starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne. But Kravitz wanted to enter the Batverse ten years ago, when Christopher Nolan was completing his Dark Knight trilogy with 2012's The Dark Knight Rises (in which played Selina Kyle).

Seems like this Catwoman got the last laugh.

While Zoe Kravitz made her DC Universe debut in Matt Reeves‘ The Batman as Catwoman, she’s had her sights set on

She may be the star of the new Batman movie, but once upon a time, Zoë Kravitz was denied a role in the franchise because of her skin colour.

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.

Zack Sharf Zoë Kravitz is earning rave reviews for her performance as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” but the role was not the actor’s first attempt to break into the Caped Crusader universe on the big screen. Kravitz recently told The Observer that her attempt to audition for a role in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” was rejected after she was told she was too “urban” for the part.

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.