Batman Returns is seen by many as the best of the first generation of Batman movies, and a big part of that is due to the performance of Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman. She does an amazing job of stealing every scene that she’s in, so much so that it’s impossible to imagine anybody else as Catwoman. And yet, the actress was only the second choice for the role.
Not only was the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman first offered to Annette Bening, but Bening accepted the job. Back in the early ‘90s during the making of Batman Returns, Bening had been cast as Catwoman but was forced to drop out of the role. At the time, the reason for the switch was unclear, but as she tells the Happy Sad Confused podcast, she had to leave because she’d gotten pregnant. Bening said…
