Attention to all moviegoers who take their men in tights and their women feline: you have one more reason to check out The Batman this weekend.
The new movie, which opens Friday, features Robert Pattinson taking on the role of the Caped Crusader, opposite the nefarious serial killer The Riddler (Paul Dano). Now, in an exciting reveal, the film’s leading lady Zoe Kravitz has said her character is bisexual.
Kravitz dons the leather catsuit of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in the film, following in the pawprints of such actresses as Michelle Pfeiffer, Anne Hathaway, and Eartha Kitt. In a new interview with Pedestrian.tv, she further revealed that her relationship with her friend Anika goes far beyond the platonic.
“That’s definitely the way I interpreted that, that they had some kind of romantic relationship,” Kravitz said.
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Director Matt Reeves also echoed Kravitz’s sentiment.
“[The Batman is] very true to the character of Selina Kyle,” he explained. “She’s not yet Catwoman, but all the elements of how she’s going to become Catwoman are there. And in terms of her relationship with Anika, I spoke to Zoe very early on and one of the things she said which I loved was that, ‘She’s drawn to strays because she was a stray and so she really wants to care for these strays because she doesn’t want to be that way anymore and Anika is like a stray and she loves her. She actually represents this connection that she has to her mother who she lost, who was a stray anymore.’”
Reeves and Kravitz’s interpretation of the character also fits with previous depictions of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in the comics.
In Batman: Year One, writer Frank Miller’s retelling of Batman’s origins, Selina Kyle is introduced as a prostitute in an implied lesbian relationship with her friend, Holly Robinson. The Batman uses elements of both Year One and its sequel, Batman: Year Two, as the basis for its plot.
Now then, when can we get some gay Batman action?
MarcyMayer
Good!
RichAM
HEY, gimme that……
Say please kitteh, say pretty please!
Pistolo
Not to say I’m against it but making female antiheroes and villainesses bisexual is common to the point of “safe” or even “tropey”, it’s been going on decades before any other representation in this area. Actually, the most popular female characters in DC are all confirmed bisexual in the comics- Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Ivy, and Selina. And it’s doubly safe in Selina’s case because neither she nor Bruce will ever or should ever be with anyone else in any meaningful way. There’s a reason it’s been running hot since 1939!
But it would be daring and, actually, make more sense if BRUCE were bisexual seeing as how decades of innuendo got so thick between him and Robin it partially inspired the comic’s code authority banning representations of homosexuality in comics. Even if I still think, like Selina, there’s no one else I’d rather see him with than Catwoman, it’d still be the -actually- progressive thing to do.
Would they do that? No, they don’t have the guts.
Texasholdem
The current Superman in the comics is bisexual.
stan_heck984623462
If its only hinted at why bother making the character bi-sexual. Have some guts!
Pistolo
It’s not Clark Kent that’s bisexual, it’s his cousin and he’s calling himself Superman. It’s a deliberate distinction, they’re playing it sade.
You don’t see that with female characters. It’s not “HARLEY QUINN’SSSSsssss cousin is involved with a no-name same-sex character! Trumpet our inclusiveness now!”
The double standard speaks volumes
Toofie
It’s Clark and Lois’ son Jon that’s the current Superman, not a cousin. So it is a big deal.
Joshua333
Who cares about supertwink, Harley Quinn is a way more interesting character. There’s so much DC out there that ruins her character by making her have straight relationships. Harley’s straight relationships are terrible and end up with her getting abused proving time and time again that men suck.
Karlis
When I was a kid, I had such a crush on Robin in that campy-to-end-all-campy TV show that was on. I realized later that the actor couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag, but he sure did look good in those tights.
Bosch
“Trumpet our inclusiveness now!”
I feel like you’re ignoring the fact that many of the writers and artists are part of the LGBT community, and this era is the first time since the Hays Code that they have the freedoms to put reflections of themselves in their work.
MrMichaelJ
Giving the fan boys something they can jerk off to is supposed to make us happy?
Bromancer7
YAWN. Still not going to see this hot mess.
curiobi
I am also living for Harley and Ivy’s relationship!
I also agree with other comments that just hinting at bisexuality is lazy. It should be clear if a character is gay or bi, not hinted at. Star wars and Beauty and the Beast both did this hint nonsense, and it was silly at best and insulting at worst because that is NOT how inclusion/representation works and Disney damn well knows it!
I struggle to believe homophobia is not just a thing that exists in 2022, but a thing Hollywood keeps perpetuating with all manner of stupid, baseless excuses. It is just pathetic. Gay people exist, is that really so difficult for any human with a brain to comprehend?
JeffBaker
Darn! I was hoping it would be Robin! Or a bad guy who ties Robin up for the reasons I wanted to tie him up when I was sixteen!