Will The Dark Knight Rises feature Catwoman? If it does, it looks a fair best that Angelina Jolie won’t be taking the role…
We've still as much an idea as the next person (assuming the next person isn't Christopher Nolan) as to who the villains will be in the next Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Current Internet favourite is Hugo Strange, with The Riddler and (unsurprisingly) Mr Freeze already formally ruled out. It's also been confirmed that The Joker won't be returning.
But will there be a place for Catwoman? This is one rumour that's never been outright denied, although, given the vast collection of chatter about The Dark Knight Rises, it'd take a long time to shoot down every piece of information and opinion about it that arises.
However, when the Catwoman rumours were at their loudest, the name of Angelina Jolie wasn't far from many people's lips (with Megan Fox also mooted) as to a potential piece of casting. So, was Jolie approached about the film, and does she know anything about it? Well, according to a new interview with MTV News, no and no.
When MTV asked her, in an article designed to put straight many of the rumours about Jolie that have been doing the rounds, she was asked outright about the role of Catwoman. Answer? "I haven't heard anything about it, but I thought they did it."
When pushed a bit further, and told that she was, supposedly, the Internet's choice for the role, she batted it straight off with an "I see. Thank you. Flattering."
Appreciating that she would hardly run up to the camera and declare that she'd been cast in the film if she had got the part right now, we can't help wondering whether we shouldn't just be ruling Jolie out of the role, but whether the part of Catwoman will be appearing at all. Details might just start to filter through in the months ahead. But don't bank on it.
Here's the piece at MTV.
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