Catwoman star Halle Berry has said she would like to revisit the 2004 movie, but with herself in the director's chair this time.
In an interview with Jake's Takes about her directorial debut Bruised, Berry was asked to reflect on her past filmograpy to consider which movie she would like to take another stab at, now that she's had some experience behind the camera. She said she would love to return to Catwoman and "reimagine that world" as a filmmaker.
"I would love to direct Catwoman. If I can get ahold of that now, knowing what I know, having had this experience, and reimagine that world the way I reimagined this story," Berry said. "Bruised was written for a white Irish Catholic 25 year old girl, and I got to reimagine it. I wish I could go back and reimagine Catwoman and redo that."
Berry considered some of the changes she'd make to the movie if she had the chance to remake it. "I would have Catwoman saving the world like most male superheroes do, and not just saving women from their faces cracking off," she said. "I would make the stakes a lot higher, and I think make it more inclusive of both men and women."
Catwoman was a massive misfire that many fans still consider one of the worst comic book adaptations of all time (if it can be called that considering how much was changed). Berry herself has said the story "didn't feel quite right," but she felt powerless at the time as she was just the "actor for hire" assigned to play the titular role.
Berry's heroine shared almost nothing in common with the source material beyond her codename. Anne Hathaway then took over the role in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, playing an expert thief desperate to leave her troubled past behind. Zoe Kravitz is the next to step into Selina Kyle's slippery shoes for Matt Reeves' The Batman.
Kravitz, who was publicly congratulated by Berry on social media when she landed the role, revealed that she had to continue to train virtually during quarantine to prepare for the part, opposite Robert Pattinson. She previously portrayed Batman's on-again, off-again foe and love interest in The Lego Batman Movie.
We'll get to see how her performance translates to live-action when The Batman finally releases in theaters on March 4, 2022.
Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.