Zoe Kravitz seems to have confirmed long-standing rumors that her version of Catwoman is bisexual in her upcoming film Batman.
The 33-year-old actress admitted that she “interpreted” the character as part of the LGBTQ community in an interview with the Australian Pedestrian.tv, published on Monday.
Although Kravitz’s character seems to have an emotional entanglement with the eponymous cloaked crusader (played by Robert Pattinson), she may have had lovers.
A new direction? Zoe Kravtiz, 33, said she “interprets” her character Selina Kyle (also known as Catwoman) as bisexual in her new film The Batwoman, according to an interview published Monday by Pedestrian.tv; seen on February 23 in London
Batman includes an early scene with Zoe’s character Selina Kyle, in which she returns to her apartment and calls her friend Annika, calling her a “baby” in the process, suggesting they have a romantic relationship.
Although her possible romance with another woman is only hinted at, her attraction to Bruce Wayne / Batman is explicit, as the two kiss later in the film.
She also confuses her status by calling Annika a “friend” while talking to Pattinson’s character.
Zoe admitted that she accepted the earlier scene to mean that Selina is bisexual, even if it is not explicitly stated as such.
Hint: In an early scene, Selina (Kravitz) goes to her apartment and calls another woman named Annika, calling her a “baby”, which probably suggests that they had an intimate relationship; since Batman
Mixed Messages: She was also seen kissing Batman later and then treated Annika as a “girlfriend”; since Batman
“It’s definitely the way I interpreted it to have had some kind of romantic relationship,” she said.
After the interviewer shared his excitement about seeing a bisexual Catwoman on screen, the Big Little Lies actress added, “I agree!”
But film director Matt Reeves was more ambiguous when it came to Selina Kyle’s sexuality.
‘[The film is] very loyal to the character of Selina Kyle. She is not yet a Catwoman, but all the elements of how she will become a Catwoman are there, “he explained.
Agreed: Asked if the Catwoman was bisexual, Zoe said, “I definitely interpreted it that they had a romantic relationship”; seen in September in New York
“And as for her relationship with Annika, I talked to Zoe very early and one of the things she said that I liked was that, ‘She’s attracted to homeless people because she’s homeless and that’s why she really wants to be. take care of these homeless people because she no longer wants to be like that, and Annika is homeless and loves her. She is, in fact, the connection she has with her mother, who has lost, who is already homeless. “
The Cloverfield director clarified that the character is not explicitly intended to be bisexual, but he is open to this interpretation of fans.
“So I don’t think we wanted to go straight that way, but you can certainly interpret it that way. She has an intimacy with this character and it is a huge and deep care for this character, more than something sexual, but there had to be a very intimate relationship between them.
Going back: But director Matt Reeves was more ambiguous, saying the Catwoman shouldn’t have been explicitly bisexual, even though she was open to fan interpretation; (LD) Dylan Clark, Andy Serkis, Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright and Matt Reeves
Batman is simply the latest superhero movie to include hints of LGBTQ characters, although many fans have scoffed at past films for refusing to include more fully developed weird stars.
The Avengers: Endgame was ridiculed by some fans after the film was touted as Marvel’s first openly gay character, although the character turned out to be a minor character in just seconds on screen who mentions her husband in a support group visited by Captain America ( Chris Evans).
The character was played by one of the film’s directors, Joe Rousseau, who is not gay himself, which also annoys some fans.
Tessa Thompson is also believed to play her character Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok and his successors as bisexual, but a scene explicitly confirming her sexuality was cut.
Big studios like Disney / Marvel and Warner Bros. they may hesitate to include more prominent LGBTQ characters for fear of offending some fans or banning films in more culturally conservative countries.
Model: Previous superhero movies, including The Avengers: The End and Thor: Ragnarok, have been ridiculed for including allusions to LGBTQ characters while refusing to clarify their sexuality; Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth see each other in Thor: Ragnarok
The question of whether the Catwoman is bisexual in Batman did not seem to excite most reviewers, as the film currently boasts an impressive 87 percent fresh rating from critics polled by Rotten Tomatoes.
Although some previous viewers complained that the film was four minutes less than three hours – with credits included – and others mocked its dark visual style, the noir-influenced tone appealed to many critics.
Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri praised Batman’s dark tone, which he said was appropriate, as Batman is “the saddest of the characters.”
NPR critic Glenn Weldon hailed the film for ignoring some of the clichéd features of the Batman films, skipping the death of Bruce Wayne’s parents.
Slate’s Dana Stevens noted the “emotional power” of the way Batman made her protagonist a “Hamlet-like heir who can’t handle the initial shock of killing her parents,” and she also praised Zoe for a welcome break from parade of male antagonists.
Big fans: The question of whether the Catwoman is bisexual in Batman didn’t seem to excite most reviewers, as the film currently boasts an impressive 87 percent fresh rating from critics polled by Rotten Tomatoes.
First impression: Dana Stevens from Slate praised Zoë as a welcome break from a parade of male antagonists