Michelle Pfeiffer Says She Would Have Done A Solo Catwoman Film

For many Batman fans there is no question as to who portrayed the iconic Catwoman best. Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Pfeiffer says she "loved" playing Catwoman in Tim Burton's 1992 Batman Returns. Now in a recent interview with the New York Times Pfeiffer reveals that she would have loved to play the patent leather villainess in her own solo film:

“Are you kidding me? In a heartbeat,” Pfeiffer said. “I loved that part. I felt like I was just getting comfortable and getting used to the claws and the mask, just figuring out how to move in all of that. There was a little bit of talk about that, then that kind of faded away.”

You might recall that earlier this summer Pfeiffer called her Catwoman outfit "the most uncomfortable costume I've ever been in," as she recalled how difficult it was for costumers to get her into the skin-tight suit. "They had to powder me down, help me inside and then vacuum-pack the suit," Pfeiffer said. "They'd paint it with a silicon-based finish to give it its trademark shine."

The suit was so tight that it came with another major problem: Pfeiffer was unable to use the bathroom while wearing the suit.

"Originally, they didn't leave me a way to use the restroom in the suit, so that also had to be remedied as well," Pfeiffer said. "I had those claws, and I was always catching them in things. The face mask was smashing my face and choking me. We had a lot of bugs to work out."

But despite the downsides of portraying Batman's enemy-slash-lover, Pfeiffer spoke positively about her time as the Cat.

"As a young girl, I was completely obsessed with Catwoman," Pfeiffer noted. "When I heard that Tim was making the film and Catwoman had already been cast, I was devastated. At the time, it was Annette Bening. Then she became pregnant. The rest is history. I remember telling Tim halfway through the script that I'd do the film, that's how excited I was."

Pfeiffer will be returning to the superhero genre, but this time in Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp. She will play Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp and lost wife of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). Ant-Man and the Wasp opens July 6, 2018.