Here's my theology behind this, CHRIS NOLAN IS A GENIUS, he puts the film/and fans before the characters themselves. This meaning, he won't put in a character unless he knows it can flow with the movie, or the movies' plot, or make sense. Evidence being this, with Batman begins we liked batman because of Batman, not because of his foes. While his foes were intriguing, and done SCARINGLY well, they weren't the reason we came back to see it, the origin of BATMAN was. In DareDevil, and the 90's batman, we saw the movies for these reasons: “Jack Nicholson, and Collin Pharel." Had they not been in it, it probably wouldn't have gone as well.
Chris Nolan didn't just put Two-Face in because of fan rave (AHEM!*Cough*
"Like Venom" *Cough*!) it was because he was sure that the guy who played him, and the way he was written in would satisfy the fans, as well as movie goers who didn't know the character.
He put JOKER in the film not ONLY because of fan hype (Because I'd be kidding myself if I said he didn't do because of it)
but because he was confident that he could bring us a Joker who would literally MAKE The movie, bring us something US as an audience had never seen before. He wasn't going to throw such a long time idolized character as Joker out there just to satisfy fans, even if it was done decently. He put him on the big screen because he knew Joker could be introduced FANTASTICLY, he's a major believer in "IF YOUR GONNA DO IT AT ALL, DO IT MORE THAN RIGHT.")
This out of the way, we now are wondering "Who's batman going to go head to head with next?" There's no FOR CERTAIN foe hinted to like there was in Begins when Gordon showed batman the Joker calling card, only a few clues likened to "The armor could stop a cat." Knowing that Nolan only puts people in the movie if they'll WORK, the question is: “HOW can any of these Rogues WORK in this Nolanised batman universe?"
For Catwoman, here is my take. While she is the STAR ATTRACTION in eye candy when it comes to batman's comic saga, her character is minorly FAR fetched.
Meaning that while Batman, though completely fictional, and perhaps even impractical, his character IS logical. Even Joker who is a MAJOR nut, didn't come out with Flower squirters, or blimps of Joker gas, or even Joker gas AT ALL, he used Logical yet WACKY ploys in Nolan’s' LOGICAL universe. His mode of Crazy set enough tone in the movie to make up for ANY manor of Joker gadgets and tricks that may have been in the cartoons or Tim Burton’s rendition.
In this batman movie Catwoman therefore CANNOT be some nice little clerk/
secretary type who gets pushed out a window, and is somehow revived by thousands of cat tongues. Nor can she be someone who uses her capital and wits JUST to save cats. While she can certainly have a LARGE affinity for cats, her drive shouldn't be to free tigers from zoo's.
Here's her motivation in a NOLANISED world, she is an AMAZINGLY good, amazingly SMART burglar. A female Bruce Wayne who uses HER mind and finances for theft. Not just jewels either, but the REAL hard to get stuff, like the antiques of billionaires on their OWN islands, drives, computer data locked away in laser guarded facilities, sometimes even government secrets. The harder to get to, the better.
She the best and only the best can hire her, her name is Selina Kyle. Now she didn't call herself Catwoman from the giddy up, she was simply a MASTER thief until some of the European papers started dubbing her that, (She started off stealing things in Europe). Because of her ego, she made SLIGHT alterations to her costume, *Cat ears* That way she could be KNOWN yet not BROADCASTED. The reason for this is because people like Joker, Scarecrow, and BATMAN are symbols, they HAVE to get their message out in ONE stroke, FEAR, ITIMADATION, LUNACY. Catwoman is an un-catchable thief, so her motivation shouldn't be "I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THE NAME OF CATWOMN" It should be "Catch me if you can, and I know you cant." because TO much publicity endangers your career if your going to be a STEALTHY thief, the perfect push and pull, "HERE I AM. HERE I'M NOT...-wink-" which what i think personifies her character more then any antic.
The best way to describe her will be to combine the cunning and skill of Vincent Cassel from OCEANS 12 with the sexiness and CLASS of Catherine Zeta Jones in ENTRAPMENT
Meaning THIS mixed with this
(Those are random Laser's by the way, not preprogramed so he has to adlib his dodges)
It takes a proffessional to do what Catwoman does and never be arrested so although she should have a sence of humor to her, and a quirk or two, she should above all BE and act proffesional, with class.
Her costume won't be altered (Save the ears) to complement the image of a CAT, but rather the tools she ALREADY uses are compared to that of a Cat by the public, (The cat claws, for climbing. The night goggles for night vision. And her acrobatic skills which are pretty near un matched, and cat-LIKE reflexes.) She EARNED the title of catwoman, instead of broad casting it the first time she showed herself. Her costume should again, be practical to someone who deals in espionage/burglary, not JUST leather to hug everywhere for the purpose of doing it. (Although by all means if it’s possible in the realm of sense, then do it.)
If anything, a cross between THIS and this
NOW can Anne Hathaway do it? I think so, not my first choice, or second, but definatly a 3rd.
Besides this is Nolan and he has the darndest way of making us admit to ourselves, "Pshh I would've never called that..." and taking characters and using his poetic licence on them and it actually pay off when he re-invents them.
We were livid when he chose Ledger for Joker, dont act like you weren't, but the trailer came out and our fears and doubts were subsided, I have a feeling that if anything Catwoman and Bane along with whatever rabbit Chris Nolan has in his hat will augment an already spectacular story concept that will blow us away, as Nolan DID promise he wouldn't make a 3rd unless he knew he could make it as good if not better then The Dark Knight.
So now we wait...
But this is the SoulEater's idea of how Catwoman could be portrayed in his universe.
you owe me your soul