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October 04, 2003

Catwoman

The first publicity photo of the new Catwoman costume is now available.

The cat is finally out of the bag. HALLE BERRY slinks into a strapping new ensemble this week when filming starts in Vancouver for Catwoman. The Oscar-winning actress plays the Felonious Feline (see also: Princess of Plunder, Mistress of Malevolence) from the Batman series, a role made famous by Eartha Kitt in the '60s TV show and reinvented by a neoprene-clad Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992. Berry's leather cat suit for the 2004 film is "very bare, very urban, very downtown," she says.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 4, 2003 09:11 AM

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At the risk of quibbling, the 60s role was "made famous" in the vast majority of its of its outings by Julie Newmar; Eartha Kitt appeared just once (though her felinity was an interesting match to Newmar's Bat-vamping). And then there's Lee Meriweather in the movie, but ...

Posted by: *** Dave at October 6, 2003 12:36 PM