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    We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway

    McAdams Denies Black Cat Rumors, So Internet Moves On To Jula Stiles

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    Image of siamgx siamgx
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway

    I still think Erica Durance is good for the role. Question is can she act'?
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    Image of bibble3000 bibble3000
    11/19/09

    @siamgx: i think she's 'acting' the hell out of that outfit
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Uh guys? I think it's pretty obvious what "meaty" role Bruce Cambell will play in the next Spiderfilm.
    Yup, Bruce is Black Cat.
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    Image of Keen314 Keen314
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    At this point, I think we can all agree that Black Cat will be played by Spartacus.
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    Althestane promoted this comment Keen314 was starred Keen314 was unstarred
    Image of Althestane Althestane
    11/19/09

    @Keen314: but....I'M Spartacus!
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    Image of Dee4leeds Dee4leeds
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    If Kristen Bell is in it, I'll have ten tickets please. It'll go nicely with my 17 copies of Assassin's Creed.
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    Darklighter promoted this comment Dee4leeds was starred Dee4leeds was unstarred
    Image of ToVoPro ToVoPro
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    WHITE! Her hair needs to be WHITE! Is it so hard to get that RIGHT?! Hollywood, please stop doing these crap conversions!!!
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    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment ToVoPro was starred ToVoPro was unstarred
    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/19/09

    @ToVoPro: They can color peoples hair white now days.
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    Image of drukus drukus
    11/19/09

    @ToVoPro: I am pretty sure that picture is not from 'hollywood'.
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    Image of Defendant Defendant
    11/19/09

    @ToVoPro: Felicia Hardy wears a wig as Black Cat. Her actual hair is blond.
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    Darklighter promoted this comment Defendant was starred Defendant was unstarred
    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    11/19/09

    @drukus: Spot on. Who knew Federicks of Hollywood was doing costumes for Spider-Man 4.
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    Image of ToVoPro ToVoPro
    11/30/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Read the comic book first then get back to me...
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    Image of ToVoPro ToVoPro
    11/30/09

    @Defendant: So I guess she sometimes forget to wear the wig when she's in her full get up?
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/30/09

    @ToVoPro: They can still color actors hair for movies. Even if I read the comic book again.
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    Image of Defendant Defendant
    11/30/09

    @ToVoPro: I never said that.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Are they out of their minds? sure, she's sexy, but she's also supposed to look like she could kick ass. Not "not look like she could, but she actually can" like in Get Smart, but look kickass. And I'm sorry but this girl doesn't.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/19/09

    @Dirk Anger: I'm not sure I agree. I don't remember Black Cat looking anything but smallish and adorable and not particularly physically imposing. Honestly, there are few casting decisions for female characters who LOOKED like they could kick ass. It's going to cause massive Whedon rending of garments, but I NEVER believed Gellar as a fighter.
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    11/19/09

    @Lassus: Well, no, because that was the initial gag in Buffy: here's this little blond horror-movie-villain-bait cheerleader and then about when she should do the trip-fall-die instead its OMGWTFBBQ superninja. Practically the model of "not look like she could, but she actually can".

    And yeah, they did show her being ninja-in-training at times, but they had a lot of fun playing with the general disconnect between her appearance (and, often, personality) and her capabilities.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Anne Hathaway? In a skintight catsuit? Nope not seein' it.
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    Edited by reddingofish at 11/19/09 8:18 AM reddingofish was starred reddingofish was unstarred
    Image of Dedpool3678 Dedpool3678
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Anne Hathaway would look horrible in the white wig. Look at her in "Alice." Also don't see her playing the part. But then again that's why it's called acting. Um why not Katee Sackhoff, or Michelle Ryan?
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    Lassus promoted this comment Dedpool3678 was starred Dedpool3678 was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/19/09

    @Dedpool3678: I have a feeling poor Katee is going to fall into the post-genre-hit acting abyss.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/19/09

    @Lassus: I'll start watching for her on Skinemax, then.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Anne Hathaway in Black Cat costume? Someones been reading my dream journal.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    11/19/09

    @OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Yup. We appear to be in the minority who approve of Hathaway as Black Cat.

    Rawr.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/19/09

    @CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): I will happily join your club.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    If the Black Cat has a PVC costume, I'm totally going to cry foul. A cat is not shiny, and also not the same kind of sexy a vampire is, and THAT PVC worked crazy-awesome.

    But not for this character.

    As far as the comment below about the casting always being awful, I'd disagree. The casting has been pretty OK (with the exception of Harry Osborn), the writing has been abyssmal. (EDIT: In fact, I liked Maguire at first, but as the series went on, he really seemed like the biggest mistake of all - and I think this IS because of the writing more than him.)

    To be perfectly honest, I think that while Johansson does not really strike me as a good Black Widow at all, I really think she actually would have been quite excellent as the Black Cat.
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    Image of Slappy_san Slappy_san
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Kristen Bell? She's tiny. She could look Hayden "Planetarium" in the eyes. :)
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    Image of enderwiggin13 enderwiggin13
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    I could get behind Kristen Bell in the role. I've been waiting to get out of the Animus in AC2 to talk to her again.
    /nerdcrush
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    Image of icy_one icy_one
    11/19/09

    @enderwiggin13: I would get behind Kristen Bell, role or not.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    well teh casting for the spiderman movies has always been terrible with the exception of toby mcguire and the guy who plays JJ. its like they cast toby as peter and then the casting department clocked out, leaving the half retarded intern to complete the roster.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/19/09

    @GreyHammer: Alfred Molina was perfect as Dock Ock, but otherwise, yeah, the casting left much to be desired.
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    Image of cobaltage cobaltage
    11/19/09

    @GreyHammer: The guy who plays JJ is the lynchpin of the entire movie series. Tobey Maguire was good, but JJ added the most for the credibility of the movies, IMO.
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    Image of Tyrunn Tyrunn
    11/19/09

    @cobaltage: @GreyHammer: J.K. Simmons played JJ in the Spiderman movies, (credit where credit is due, the guy is a great actor).
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    Ruthless, If you let me promoted this comment Tyrunn was starred Tyrunn was unstarred
    Image of Nefilim Nefilim
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    I hear Ryan Seacreast was up for the role of black cat.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    I have it from a very reliable source that Kristen Stewart has been offered the role of Black Cat...

    ...or I just pulled a random name out of this old hat. Oh look! Emma Stone, Zooey Deschanel, and Dakota Fanning were in here too! Old hat, you're so full of lies.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/19/09

    @AngryEddy:

    Bullwinkle: "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a Black Cat Rumor out of my hat!"
    Rocky: "Again?"
    Bullwinkle: "RIP Nothing up my sleeve."
    Kirk: "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
    Bullwinkle: "Must have the wrong hat."
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/19/09

    @AngryEddy: What'll be hilarious is when we all realize Black Cat isn't even going to be in the movie.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/19/09

    @AngryEddy: Rumor:

    In a daring creative move Black Cat will be played by Jackie Earle Haley.
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    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    11/19/09

    @AngryEddy: Black Cat is the new Spartacus.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/19/09

    @AngryEddy: Psst! I have very reliable information that Black Cat will be played by Eddie Murphy! Pass it on!
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