Zoë Kravitz was told she was too “urban” for the 2012 Batman sequel, 'The Dark Knight Rises'
Photo: Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage Though they’ve recently started to become more inclusive, superhero franchises aren’t exactly known for their diversity. So it is unfortunately unsurprising that Zoë Kravtiz, who stars as Catwoman / Selina Kyle in The Batman, experienced rejection before landing her most recent role. In a new interview with The Guardian, Kravitz said she tried to audition for the 2012 Batman sequel, The Dark Knight Rises — emphasis on “tried.
“I don’t know if it came directly from Chris Nolan,” she told The Guardian, referring to the film’s director. “It was probably a casting director of some kind or a casting director’s assistant … Being a woman of color and being an actor and being told at that time that I wasn’t able to read because of the color of my skin, and the word urban being thrown around like that, that was what was really hard about that moment.
In 2015, she relayed a similar story to Nylon, saying she “couldn’t get an audition for a small role they were casting because they weren’t ‘going urban.’” During the interview, she questioned why her race was even brought into the auditioning conversation: “What does that have to do with anything?” In her conversation with The Guardian, Kravitz said she’s had to work against being pigeonholed as a biracial actor. “At one point,” she says, “all the scripts that were being sent were about the first Black woman to make a muffin or something. Even though those stories are important to tell, I also want to open things up for myself as an artist.”
Apropos of everything, I thought Kravitz did a great job in the new Batman movie. Revenge is a dish best deserved in a leather Catsuit.
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