Zoe Kravitz may have been acting for Matt Reeves in The Batman, but now they’re talking as peers in a recent episode of Variety’s Directors on Directors.
It was inevitable that the two would end up talking about The Batman, and Reeves reveals that one of his favourite moments with Catwoman in the movie was actually something Kravitz came up with. Kravitz had apparently liked the line “I have a thing about strays,” but Reeves had no idea how to put it into the scene.
Reeves explains, “I was like, ‘I do love that idea, but i don’t know how we’ll ever get that line in,’ and you go, ‘oh, that’s so easy. You just have [Batman] look down at the cats and say, ‘You got a lot of cats.'”
matt reeves on catwoman's "i have a thing about strays" line: "i was like, 'i do love that idea, but i don't know how we'll ever get that line in,' and you go, 'oh, that's so easy. you just have him look down at the cats and say 'got a lot of cats.'" pic.twitter.com/nEuNI8ZEEP
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Here’s the scene from the film:
It’s definitely a great character moment in the film, and a says so much about Selina’s motivation and why she was so protective of Annika in the movie. Admittedly just having Batman mention that she has a lot of cats so she could explain herself was a genius move when it came to the writing.
The last we saw of Selina in The Batman, she went off to find a new life in Bludhaven (where Nightwing operates), but she’s also set to make a return in The Batman Part II. The finale of The Penguin also has her reaching out to her half-sister Sofia Falcone in Arkham, so it’s possible fans would also get to see more of her down the line.
No release date has been set for The Batman Part II, but the movie is expecting to shoot sometime next year.
