I remember she was singled out by many critics and had Oscar buzz, but at the time the Academy wouldn't have dared nominate a superhero character. Even Jack Nicholson three years earlier couldn't overcome the stigma. He got great notices for his Joker and was nominated for the Golden Globe, but in the end the Academy snubbed him. Anyway, they nominated Michelle for *Love Field,* instead, which was pure Oscar-bait (i.e., Civil Rights movie).
Damn that so accurate !! It’s true she brought the crazy as she should because when you see Harley or Ivy they are a little up there so that make sense !! Also she brought this wild unleashed energy !!
Eartha Kitt, Halle Berry, Anne Hathaway, and the Catwoman from the 1940s are all great, but none, and I mean no other person has topped M. Pfeiffer, at this role. This was the early 90s. She still wears the crown.
@@darkphoenix474 and that is why they didn't even bother give her a origin story in DKR, cat woman should start as a villain and turn into a anti hero eventually, but that didn't happen with Anne's version
Especially considering how much she hated her costume, it’s impressive she gave as good a performance as she did. She had to be vacuumed into it, was always getting her claws caught on stuff, sweated a lot and had trouble breathing and she made it clear she’d never wear it again no matter how much they paid her. And yet she still have a great performance in spite of all that
After seeing the clip of her using the whip, and people saying she did it without effects... And seeing the raw footage of her laying out the law with that bullwhip... That's f-ing awesome!
Tim Burton did a great job with Catwoman and the Penguin, with the film in general. But he gave these two a lot of depth and made them so badass, that no one else can top them.
She really captured what Catwoman should be if she were real. She might not be the best comic depiction, but her interpretation was probably the best version of Catwoman that could possibly exist.
But that's kind of my issue with Michelle's though. I will give credit where credit is due Michelle KILLED the role of Catwoman AND Selina Kyle in this film but she's not MY Selina Kyle or MY Catwoman And when I say MY Selina Kyle I mean the comic version: orphaned, street-wise and sassy. Who's an: "Anti-Hero-Robin-Hood-Femme-Fatale". My issue with Michelle's Catwoman is not only the stitching on her outfit (though I give a 10/10 on the symbolism and what it does for her character arc) is the fact that she doesn't really know herself like, she almost acted too...Harley Quinn in the film. And like I said I prefer the comic version where she isn't brought back to life from magical cats or pushed around by men and what society wants or expects from a woman, but this is the late 80s early 90s and feminism was on the rise so I digress. But I can appreciate that when the scene called for Selina to just be Selina Michelle delivered and put Selina up front, of course she's not the Selina we meet at first but a more flirty and seductive version of herself and the same applies with Michael with Bruce Wayne and Batman. They both added a sense of childlike awkwardness, immaturity and vulnerability within these two independent and serious characters.
I always felt that her makeup artist deserved an award for the scene where they made her up for the masquerade ball. In my opinion, that is the most beautiful that Michelle Pfeiffer has ever looked...
This is prob for me Michelle Pfeiffer’s trademark role. She looked absolutely stunning and gorgeous. Think was one of the best female roles at the time and it a perfect collaboration of Tim Burton, the whip teacher/choreographer, the costume designer and of course Pfeiffer herself. Also can I mention she actually put a live bird in her mouth!!!
I forgot about the live bird, that was amazing. Maybe not the costume designer considering how Pheiffer hated the costume. She said she had to be vacuumed into it and had trouble breathing sometimes, her claws got caught on everything and both she and Batman’s actor couldn’t pee in their outfits. According to Pheifrer, she will never wear that costume again no matter how much she’s paid. It does make her performance as the Selena more impressive though.
No doubt about it nobody will EVER be a better CATWOMAN period. Stunningly beautiful and just flawless. Wish she would have made a CATWOMAN movie after that newer it's too late n it breaks my heart 😢😢😭
There's a reason every iteration of Catwoman that's come after this movie has bombed. Michelle set the bar so incredibly high. I still look back at this performance and say, "Damn! That's a good Catwoman."
I really adored Michelle's performance as a Catwoman. She embodied the craziness, sex appeal, and anti-heroic characteristics of the character. A timeless performance.
Wow! Didn’t realise she actually whipped the heads off herself , and the skipping at the end is so cool. Actors and films back then were on another plane...
I honestly believe Pfeiffer's Catwoman was the template used for the creation of Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated series. She started out with blonde hair, and glasses, just as seen in the flashback of Harleen Quinzel when she first met the Joker in Arkham. After the villain holding her hostage is knocked out by Batman, and he leaves, her first words are, "Well... that was... very brief. Just like all the men in my life. Well... then again, there's you... but you need therapy." After the incident, she picks up the stun gun the villain was carrying, showing her need to escape her safe, repressed life for something more dangerous, as was shown by Harleen's first meeting and talk with the Joker in his cell, neither one of them quite ready to move on, yet. The garbage disposal scene shows her insanity casting off her old life to accept her new one, free of her former repressed nature. She wears a skintight costume, and performs various flips and athletic maneuvers, just as seen done by Harley at multiple times in the series.
Originally Michael Keaton didn’t want to have Michelle Pfeiffer in the film cos they dated for a while either during or before the films production but they managed to sort out their differences. Their chemistry in this is absolutely electric here. Pfeiffer really did create a complicated yet striking, beautiful, unforgettable, iconic character. Such a shame she didn’t get to continue with the character.
I thought creators originally wanted Michelle to play Vicki Vale in the first Batman and Keaton had a problem with that but obliged for the second film.
It’s funny the film reels they used then to see how it came out on film and know what to edit in the movie, isn’t used, it’s all digital. Tim Burton was so young! He’s a brilliant director and I loved the first Batman movies in the 90s. 😁
To be fair Michelle Pheiffer hated wearing the costume. She said she had to be vacuumed into it and could barely breath sometimes, not to mention her claws got caught on everything and neither she nor Micheal Keaton could move comfortably or pee without assistance which was embarrassing for both of them. I imagine they wouldn’t want to put an actress in that suit again.
There's kindness in her charachter. And I found that women who wear leather or civilian boots or anything we find sexy, I imagined at first when I was badly shy they were selfish. But actually they're often times kind. They're amung the women who put coins in beggars hats. And generally kind and it was surprising.
Top Nine Catwomen 9 Eliza Dushku 8 Lee Merriweather 7 Carmen Bicondova 6 Halle Berry 5 Anne Hatheway 4 Adrienne Bardeu 3 Julie Newmar 2 Ertha Kitt 1 Michelle Pfeiffer
wow that was so cool she actually whipped the heads off the mannequins and on the first take. I always thought she just whipped in their general direction and the stage crew used a string or something to pull the heads off.
Everytime i hear her name it always reminds me of her, as catwoman even though i have seen a lot her movies. She is a great actress and she is THE real catwoman
I say that the characterization as well as the costume design for Catwoman could have been better if the Batman films of the 90s were made a lot better if Michael Keaton and Michelle Pfeiffer stayed as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Selina Kyle/Catwoman respectively, Tim Burton as an executive producer (not as the director), Dennis O'Neil as a consultant, etc. Not to mention that Michelle Pfeiffer could, if not should, have had her own Catwoman spin-off film(s). Nonetheless, Michelle Pfeiffer's take as Catwoman is not only one of the best interpretations of the character, but also one of Michelle Pfeiffer's best performances.
@@andrewforte3852 The Halle Barry-Catwoman movie shouldn't have existed to begin with. And as I mentioned before, a Michelle Pfeiffer-Catwoman movie could have happened in the 90s if the characterization was done properly.
🔵 2:33 OMG, is she really can take all their heads with her skill ? 🔴 2:33 本当の技ですか？この女優 🟡 2:33 Cô ta thực sự dùng kỹ năng quất roi để đánh văng đầu các bức tượng sao ?
In the 89 film, Pfeiffer was one of the choices to play Vicki Vale. But, Keaton was dating her at the time and thought it would be weird, so they gave the role to Kim Bassinger. So, it makes sense that he and Michelle would work well together as an on-screen couple.
Never knew. Interesting how people thought differently back then. Today PR machines would make actors couples or rumoured to be one for hype. But right decision, we got perfect Vale & perfect CatWoman 👌
There's only one cat woman and that's Michele . I miss movies from the 90s. No cgi. That meant all the great work from special effects was tangible on camera and natural. Theres no computer that can replicate fire or water waves or smoke like it should.
The first film to ever use CGI was the short Hummingbird 1967 and the first film to use it was Westworld from 1972. CGI is not nearly as modern as people think it is, it was used in the 70s, 80s and 90s all the time, often in the background. And water is actually the easiest thing CGI can replicate. Remember Titanic. A lot of those water sequences were CGI
I love how Danny Devito is in the Penguin character during the interview
ha
You mean Penguin been playin Danny this whole time.
For me, she is THE Catwoman.
The one and only.
I honestly feel it might atleast be a liitle while.longer before we get someone else like her!
@@shingekinokaijuin7937 never going to happen
RIGHT! No disrespect to Eartha Kitt, but Michelle Pfeiffer did it for me!!
Yes me too
she is the best Catwoman!
I know love her !
by far
yes, she killed (in) the part and captured its essence as well as being great in it.
She IS Catwoman
Her and Danny are the best versions of their respective characters, without a doubt
I agree but i woulda liked to see jonah Hill as penguin to bad he not doing it no more
That whip scene is unGodly perfect.
Love how she was still in character when she did that bow.
She deserved an Oscar for this.
At least a nomination. That last scene which ends with her kissing and electrocuting Schreck. Wow.
I remember she was singled out by many critics and had Oscar buzz, but at the time the Academy wouldn't have dared nominate a superhero character. Even Jack Nicholson three years earlier couldn't overcome the stigma. He got great notices for his Joker and was nominated for the Golden Globe, but in the end the Academy snubbed him. Anyway, they nominated Michelle for *Love Field,* instead, which was pure Oscar-bait (i.e., Civil Rights movie).
@@vinniemoran7362 rather her transformation scene into catwoman
Right! She had a wide range of talent and imagination! She could seduce Batman!
100%
I’ll never forget her catwoman. Absolute talent
Michelle brought crazy to this version of Catwoman that's why it remains the best. The rest are simply different versions of a cat burglar with sass.
Perfect analysis! She's a damaged person.
she is the only one that feels dangerous like a cat, you know, no matter how much you love your cat, he bites and scratches if he feels like it
Damn that so accurate !! It’s true she brought the crazy as she should because when you see Harley or Ivy they are a little up there so that make sense !! Also she brought this wild unleashed energy !!
😂🤣😂
Eartha Kitt, Halle Berry, Anne Hathaway, and the Catwoman from the 1940s are all great, but none, and I mean no other person has topped M. Pfeiffer, at this role. This was the early 90s. She still wears the crown.
Golden Arches anne hathaway? Shes not in any of their leagues. Its Michelle and Eartha
casseyboo89 Anne is the most comic book accurate when it comes to modern comics tho. Master thief, antihero
@@darkphoenix474 and that is why they didn't even bother give her a origin story in DKR, cat woman should start as a villain and turn into a anti hero eventually, but that didn't happen with Anne's version
to me, nobody can beat Julie Newmar. She was seductive and classy at the same time. She was also the prettiest catwoman.
Especially considering how much she hated her costume, it’s impressive she gave as good a performance as she did. She had to be vacuumed into it, was always getting her claws caught on stuff, sweated a lot and had trouble breathing and she made it clear she’d never wear it again no matter how much they paid her. And yet she still have a great performance in spite of all that
After seeing the clip of her using the whip, and people saying she did it without effects... And seeing the raw footage of her laying out the law with that bullwhip... That's f-ing awesome!
the best catwoman ever
"she's luscious, she's beautiful, she should be mine. " i feel you bro.
Tim Burton did a great job with Catwoman and the Penguin, with the film in general. But he gave these two a lot of depth and made them so badass, that no one else can top them.
Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman performance is iconic. Never will be forgotten.
Best catwoman ever.... 😎
Still in 2019
2020 and doon 2021
Still in 2021 😎
She really captured what Catwoman should be if she were real. She might not be the best comic depiction, but her interpretation was probably the best version of Catwoman that could possibly exist.
But that's kind of my issue with Michelle's though. I will give credit where credit is due Michelle KILLED the role of Catwoman AND Selina Kyle in this film but she's not MY Selina Kyle or MY Catwoman
And when I say MY Selina Kyle I mean the comic version: orphaned, street-wise and sassy. Who's an: "Anti-Hero-Robin-Hood-Femme-Fatale".
My issue with Michelle's Catwoman is not only the stitching on her outfit (though I give a 10/10 on the symbolism and what it does for her character arc) is the fact that she doesn't really know herself like, she almost acted too...Harley Quinn in the film.
And like I said I prefer the comic version where she isn't brought back to life from magical cats or pushed around by men and what society wants or expects from a woman, but this is the late 80s early 90s and feminism was on the rise so I digress.
But I can appreciate that when the scene called for Selina to just be Selina Michelle delivered and put Selina up front, of course she's not the Selina we meet at first but a more flirty and seductive version of herself and the same applies with Michael with Bruce Wayne and Batman.
They both added a sense of childlike awkwardness, immaturity and vulnerability within these two independent and serious characters.
Michelle Pfeiffer is THE definitive Catwoman, and she knows it.
Still the best Catwoman over 30 years later.
2020 and She's still the Best Catwoman ever!
yup
2022 lol
2022 and She still is
She's an amazing actress, she's gorgeous and she knows it... and she still comes across as a nice, down-to-earth person in the interview. Cool.
Hands down the best interpreter of the role.
THE MOST ICONIC CATWOMAN!!!
The best Catwoman ❤️
Thanks to Michelle, Catwoman is indeed a most psychologically interesting character for the Batman universe. 💓
She will always be the amazing Catwoman, she owned the character. Wished we had a sequel featuring her Catwoman.
And Catwoman's spin off movie directed by director Tim Burton
I always felt that her makeup artist deserved an award for the scene where they made her up for the masquerade ball. In my opinion, that is the most beautiful that Michelle Pfeiffer has ever looked...
well there is scarface .
She did the bullwhip scene perfectly on her first take? Talented actress with a talent for whipping 😁
The best catwoman ever MIAO
She was so pretty in the 1990’s and is still so pretty now.
Danny Devito is still in character til this day
This is prob for me Michelle Pfeiffer’s trademark role. She looked absolutely stunning and gorgeous. Think was one of the best female roles at the time and it a perfect collaboration of Tim Burton, the whip teacher/choreographer, the costume designer and of course Pfeiffer herself. Also can I mention she actually put a live bird in her mouth!!!
I forgot about the live bird, that was amazing. Maybe not the costume designer considering how Pheiffer hated the costume. She said she had to be vacuumed into it and had trouble breathing sometimes, her claws got caught on everything and both she and Batman’s actor couldn’t pee in their outfits. According to Pheifrer, she will never wear that costume again no matter how much she’s paid. It does make her performance as the Selena more impressive though.
No doubt about it nobody will EVER be a better CATWOMAN period. Stunningly beautiful and just flawless. Wish she would have made a CATWOMAN movie after that newer it's too late n it breaks my heart 😢😢😭
She's The cat woman I know.I loved this Movie man! the penguin and Batman looks so good man damn i miss it
1:04
Alright Danny, calm down.
I was literally in love with Michelle when I was a teenager. She is the queen of cats.
There's a reason every iteration of Catwoman that's come after this movie has bombed. Michelle set the bar so incredibly high. I still look back at this performance and say, "Damn! That's a good Catwoman."
Best Catwoman ever
Best Catwoman hands down
And the Oscar for Best Actress goes to... Michelle Pfeiffer for Batman Returns.
I really adored Michelle's performance as a Catwoman. She embodied the craziness, sex appeal, and anti-heroic characteristics of the character. A timeless performance.
She took tue role seriously just like people would take the joker role
The best cat woman and the best batman. Period!
Really loved the chemistry between Pfeiffer and Keaton in this film
2022, and still she reigns
Tim Burton... first Kim Basinger and then Michelle Pfeiffer --- two best looking women of the period, just great.... and Michelle nailed catwoman.
Wow! Didn’t realise she actually whipped the heads off herself , and the skipping at the end is so cool. Actors and films back then were on another plane...
She makes Harley Quinn look like Mary Poppins...
At 0:00, the beginning, her Catwoman laugh scene was/is not included in VHS, DVD, Blu-ray.
The best catwoman ever. and looked so good in black rubber 😍❤️❤️
0:57 Devito literally turned into Colin Ferrel’s Penguin
Nadie la ha podido superar, fue perfecta!
She is the best Catwoman ever!!
she's so freaking gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tim Burton looks so smol omgg he must be protected at all costs
I honestly believe Pfeiffer's Catwoman was the template used for the creation of Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated series.
She started out with blonde hair, and glasses, just as seen in the flashback of Harleen Quinzel when she first met the Joker in Arkham.
After the villain holding her hostage is knocked out by Batman, and he leaves, her first words are, "Well... that was... very brief. Just like all the men in my life. Well... then again, there's you... but you need therapy."
After the incident, she picks up the stun gun the villain was carrying, showing her need to escape her safe, repressed life for something more dangerous, as was shown by Harleen's first meeting and talk with the Joker in his cell, neither one of them quite ready to move on, yet.
The garbage disposal scene shows her insanity casting off her old life to accept her new one, free of her former repressed nature.
She wears a skintight costume, and performs various flips and athletic maneuvers, just as seen done by Harley at multiple times in the series.
Michelle is the most perfect balance of class and sex appeal to ever grace the big screen!
The Legendary Catwoman Alive
She's was stunning then and still is
Originally Michael Keaton didn’t want to have Michelle Pfeiffer in the film cos they dated for a while either during or before the films production but they managed to sort out their differences. Their chemistry in this is absolutely electric here. Pfeiffer really did create a complicated yet striking, beautiful, unforgettable, iconic character. Such a shame she didn’t get to continue with the character.
I thought creators originally wanted Michelle to play Vicki Vale in the first Batman and Keaton had a problem with that but obliged for the second film.
Michelle is an incredible actress and beautiful
It’s funny the film reels they used then to see how it came out on film and know what to edit in the movie, isn’t used, it’s all digital. Tim Burton was so young! He’s a brilliant director and I loved the first Batman movies in the 90s. 😁
No costume design for Catwoman has even come close to this one.
To be fair Michelle Pheiffer hated wearing the costume. She said she had to be vacuumed into it and could barely breath sometimes, not to mention her claws got caught on everything and neither she nor Micheal Keaton could move comfortably or pee without assistance which was embarrassing for both of them. I imagine they wouldn’t want to put an actress in that suit again.
The best interpretation of Catwoman.
Her trainer Anthony DeLongis should be "The Catman" in 2021!!
La mejor Catwoman de las peliculas
There's kindness in her charachter. And I found that women who wear leather or civilian boots or anything we find sexy, I imagined at first when I was badly shy they were selfish. But actually they're often times kind. They're amung the women who put coins in beggars hats. And generally kind and it was surprising.
The best Catwoman 🥰
Best and only real Catwoman
Top Nine Catwomen
9 Eliza Dushku
8 Lee Merriweather
7 Carmen Bicondova
6 Halle Berry
5 Anne Hatheway
4 Adrienne Bardeu
3 Julie Newmar
2 Ertha Kitt
1 Michelle Pfeiffer
I liked Carmen in Gotham. Really looked like a childhood Catwoman.
BTS whip scene is currently treading on Twitter.
It's 2020 and she is STILL the best Catwoman ever!!
wow that was so cool she actually whipped the heads off the mannequins and on the first take. I always thought she just whipped in their general direction and the stage crew used a string or something to pull the heads off.
I've had a crush on her ever since she made this movie! Michelle Pfeiffer was the best Catwoman!!
"Is she a bad guy or she's a good guy".... SHE'S A CAT! She can be whatever she wants to be...
Everytime i hear her name it always reminds me of her, as catwoman even though i have seen a lot her movies. She is a great actress and she is THE real catwoman
“Most people have a tendency to raise their eyebrow when you say ‘WHIP’...”
Hehe well I am not most people 😽
My Catwoman
Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant!
I say that the characterization as well as the costume design for Catwoman could have been better if the Batman films of the 90s were made a lot better if Michael Keaton and Michelle Pfeiffer stayed as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Selina Kyle/Catwoman respectively, Tim Burton as an executive producer (not as the director), Dennis O'Neil as a consultant, etc. Not to mention that Michelle Pfeiffer could, if not should, have had her own Catwoman spin-off film(s). Nonetheless, Michelle Pfeiffer's take as Catwoman is not only one of the best interpretations of the character, but also one of Michelle Pfeiffer's best performances.
Yeeeesss
They were going to do just that but WB decided to scrap it.
@@andrewforte3852 Probably because 'they' didn't have much faith.
@@douglassnyder9206 If they could give Halle Barry a Catwoman movie they should've most definitely gave a spin-off movie for Michelle Pfeiffer.
@@andrewforte3852 The Halle Barry-Catwoman movie shouldn't have existed to begin with. And as I mentioned before, a Michelle Pfeiffer-Catwoman movie could have happened in the 90s if the characterization was done properly.
She was the main character
She is THE Catwoman !!
The Best 😻catwoman ever ❤ Amazingly beautiful 😍 ❤ Love you MICHELLE 😍
🔵 2:33 OMG, is she really can take all their heads with her skill ?
🔴 2:33 本当の技ですか？この女優
🟡 2:33 Cô ta thực sự dùng kỹ năng quất roi để đánh văng đầu các bức tượng sao ?
I'm pretty much i love with this Catwoman.
Penguin has his Magnum condoms, he's ready to plow. Lol.
GREAT BEHIND THE SCENES OF BATMAN RETURNS 1992 FILM !!!
This reads strangely in 2024 but she’s very iconic for this one I fear
She is catwoman 👏🏻
She'll always be the Catwoman we all respect. Sorry for all the actresses that came after her.
Michelle Pfeiffer es también de las mejores Gatubelas
Michelle gives Eartha Kitt a run for her money
What a gorgeous woman.
Greatest Catwoman of all time.
God I love her !
Yup, I love Batman. My favorite comics.
In the 89 film, Pfeiffer was one of the choices to play Vicki Vale. But, Keaton was dating her at the time and thought it would be weird, so they gave the role to Kim Bassinger. So, it makes sense that he and Michelle would work well together as an on-screen couple.
Never knew. Interesting how people thought differently back then. Today PR machines would make actors couples or rumoured to be one for hype. But right decision, we got perfect Vale & perfect CatWoman 👌
There hasn't been a better now more iconic Cat Woman that Michelle's.
They just can't find a cat like monster of an actress like she was.
this documentary made me want to be an actor...
There's only one cat woman and that's Michele . I miss movies from the 90s. No cgi. That meant all the great work from special effects was tangible on camera and natural. Theres no computer that can replicate fire or water waves or smoke like it should.
Most movies post-1993 (after the release of JURASSIC PARK) used a ton of CGI.
There was CGI in the 90s, dumbass.
The first film to ever use CGI was the short Hummingbird 1967 and the first film to use it was Westworld from 1972. CGI is not nearly as modern as people think it is, it was used in the 70s, 80s and 90s all the time, often in the background. And water is actually the easiest thing CGI can replicate. Remember Titanic. A lot of those water sequences were CGI