All's not what it seems

Catwahmxn

photo of Zoë Kravitz in a vest top rolled up to just below her nipples Collier Schorr
Nips tucked: Kravitz in one of the photo session's less raunchy photos.
photo of Zoë Kravitz reclining topless, you're lucky to be viewing this page without images Collier Schorr
It's all done in the best possible taste: no fetishism here folks. Nope, not one bit!

Zoë Kravitz will play the role of Catwoman in Warner Bros' upcoming The Batman, against Robert Pattinson as the titular character. Asked whether she'd seen all the other Batman films, Kravitz had this to say:

I've seen all the movies, yeah. I've read some of the comics now, but I wasn't a comic head or anything. I also tried to think about it not as Catwoman, but as a woman, how does this make me feel? How are we approaching this and how are we making sure we're not fetishising or creating a stereotype? I knew it needed to be a real person.

Zoë Kravitz, AnOther Magazine

Perhaps she should be thinking of the role not as a woman, but as the woman—Selina Kyle. And perhaps she should be thinking of the circumstances leading to Kyle ending up in time and place as Catwoman. But that might be construed as character development, if not downright acting.

The article's accompanying photo shoot is wholesome, clearly demonstrating Kravitz's stance on fetishism. So no hypocrisy there, folks. None whatsoever.

It's just a pity that the film's producers couldn't afford a looker to play the role. Someone in the same league as Michelle Pfeiffer or Eartha Kitt. Stereotyping and fetishism aside, Kravitz will find it easy to make the character unsexy and unalluring, without even trying.

I suppose that there's always the power of on-screen personality to look forward to.

Standard disclaimer: beauty is in the eye of the beholder; I'm no oil painting; people in glass houses are advised against hosting stone-throwing parties; etc.