Anne Hathaway talk to Examiner that how she went through to be cast as Catwoman in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
What was “The Dark Knight Rises” casting process like for you? And how would you describe your interpretation of Selina Kyle?
I can’t talk about the interpretation because that is just a hermetically sealed secret. [She says jokingly] If you want to take on Chris Nolan, you’re more than welcome to.
The casting process for “The Dark Knight Rises” was Chris met with a bunch of girls to have a general [reading]. And then he culled the list down three-and-a-half months later to do screen tests. So everyone with XX chromosomes [women] in Hollywood was sitting on pins and needles for three-and-half months.
Then I understood he screen-tested a few of us. He tested on a Thursday, and I think the [2011] Golden Globes were that Sunday. And I didn’t mean to, but wherever I went, I just kept bumping into Chris. “I swear I’m not stalking you. I’m not trying to force your hand. I’m not reading anything into anything.” But it was really nice because a bunch of people I had screen-tested with, like Wally [Pfister] the DP [director of photography] and Jordan [Goldberg] the producer — they were all nominated for “Inception.” I saw them that night, and they all made a point of coming up to me to tell me how well I did.
So I thought it had gone well, but you never want to get your hopes up too high. And so a few days later, I was back in Brooklyn, my manager called me, and she goes, “Meow.” And I was like “Ha ha! Oh no, wait! Really?” And she said, “Yes.” And I just celebrated! Celebrated! It was one of the best days of my life.
