Is Angelina Jolie the Next Catwoman?
Posted on July 30, 2008
Julie Newmar, who played Catwoman in the Batman television series, says that Angelina Jolie wants to play Catwoman and is in talks to do so.
The 33-year-old actress - who gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne earlier this month - is said to be in final negotiations with studio bosses to play the feline villain who first appeared in the Batman comics.We think Angelina Jolie would be a perfect Catwoman, especially if she gets to play against Christian Bale's Batman. Now that's what we call intense casting!It is not clear whether she would play the role in the current Batman film series, starring Christian Bale as the caped crusader, or in a spin-off film as Halle Berry did in 2004's Catwoman.
Actress Julie Newmar, who played Catwoman in the Batman TV series from 1966 to 1967, has given her blessing for Jolie to play the part.
"Angelina would own the part," Newmar, now 74, said.
"My industry friends tell me she has already made enquiries about the role. I can understand how it would pique her interest. Catwoman is Batman's one true love.
"She is tremendously popular with women because she's both a heroine and a villainess."
Update 7-31-08
By the way you can find Julie Newmar's website here. On her website she wrote a review of The Dark Knight. It seems she was a little bored at times by the film. Newmar writes, "Frankly, I yawned loudly and yearned for some deep comfort, which the seats at the Mann Theatre in Santa Monica were not."