Catwoman star Halle Berry has insisted that she has no regrets over portraying the iconic DC character, despite the 2004 movie's critical mauling.
Having triumphed at the 2001 Oscars for her memorable turn as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball – she won the Best Actress award – Berry entered superhero territory, which was still years away from its cinematic peak.
However, it turned out to be a critical and commercial failure, and received the Worst Picture and Worst Actress awards – among others – at the Razzies (which Berry memorably collected in person).
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Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the actress explained why she doesn't regret agreeing to the project.
"For me, it was one of the biggest paydays of my whole life, which, there's nothing wrong with that," she said.
"I don't want to feel like, 'Oh, I can only do award-worthy stuff.' What is an award-worthy performance?"
On the flip side, Berry did previously admit that Catwoman's story "didn't feel quite right" when she was making it.
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"I remember having that argument, 'Why can't Catwoman save the world like Batman and Superman do? Why is she just saving women from a face cream that cracks their face off?' But I was just the actor for hire. I wasn't the director. I had very little say over that."
On the movie's legacy, she also commented: "It was ahead of its time. Nobody was ready to sink that kind of money into a Black female action star. They just weren't sure of its value. That's where we were then."
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