Did anyone publicly object to Berry as Catwomen due to her race? I'd have thought Eartha Kitt would have settled any question of that decades ago—I still think of her rather than Newmar, Meriweather, or even Pfeiffer in the role.
I think, Halle-as-actress objections aside, the biggest ruckus was over the fact that the character in the movie bore no relationship to anything remotely connected with the character. I mean Tim Burton took a lot of liberties with the characters vs. the comics, but not to that level.
I don't think Berry had any objections, but I've never seen a Black Wonder Woman before.
Yeah, but it's not like it's a character that's been played a lot--Linda Carter, sure, but not much beyond the old TV show.
They cast a black Wonder Woman, I sincerely doubt there'll be a ruckus, so long as it's a good actress (like Torres) and a team people are excited about (like Whedon and Silverman.)
Torres would rock. She's got the build and the right sort of feel for the part.
Did anyone publicly object to Berry as Catwomen due to her race? I'd have thought Eartha Kitt would have settled any question of that decades ago—I still think of her rather than Newmar, Meriweather, or even Pfeiffer in the role.
I don't think I saw any complaints. I've seen a couple of stupid complaints re: Fantastic Four casting, but I think those were all from the losers at the John Byrne board, or from Byrne himself.
What were the comments? I'm not enthused by the casting myself.
I'm not enthused by the casting myself.
Neither am I. I like Ioan Gruffudd, but he's way too young to be Reed Richards. And Jessica Alba as Sue Storm?
What were the comments?
I can't recall exactly, because it was around the time where Byrne was saying (WRT Jessica Alba) that dark skinned women with bleached hair all look like call girls, and thus my THE FUCK??!? circuits had shorted out. Basic minor griping about casting Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters and wondering if it was because the powers that be felt they needed more non-white people in the movie.
dark skinned women with bleached hair all look like call girls
I can see as how I mightn't have made it past this point.
I can see as how I mightn't have made it past this point.
Yeah, I think between that and the claim that women just ain't wired right to be able to understand comics, Byrne was going for 2004's Most Offensive Human Alive award.
victor, I hope you are right but I just envision people having problems with a Black Wonder Woman.
(sigh) who knows?
Yeah, but it's not like it's a character that's been played a lot--Linda Carter, sure, but not much beyond the old TV show.
And one of the Crosby sisters in a really bad TV movie (which was on a Catwoman level for not sticking to the source material - at least the Carter show started WWII era, although I completely missed if they ever justified bringing into present day while keeping Lyle). Were there any old-time serials like with Bats and Supes?
