Zoe Kravitz Opens Up About Losing Audition For Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises Due To Skin Colour

The
Batman
actress
Zoe
Kravitz
recently
revealed
that
this
is
not
the
first
time
she
had
auditioned
for
a
Batman
movie.
The
actress
revealed
that
she
had
tried
for
a
different
role
in
Christopher
Nolan’s
2012
film

The
Dark
Knight
Rises,
but
got
rejected
as
she
was
too
“urban”
as
a
reference
to
her
skin
colour.

Zoe
Kravitz’s
Cat
Ear
Gown
At
The
Batman
World
Premiere
Goes
Viral

Zoe
who
plays
Selina
Kyle
aka
Catwoman,
in
Matt
Reeves’
The
Batman
told
The
Hollywood
Reporter
that
she
had
a
hard
time
after
being
told
that
she
couldn’t
read
for
the
part
because
of
the
colour
of
her
skin.
The
actress
added
that
she
isn’t
aware
who
made
the
decision
and
she
isn’t
calling
out
the
filmmaker
Christopher
Nolan.

She
told
the
outlet,
“I
don’t
know
if
it
came
directly
from
Chris
Nolan.
I
think
it
was
probably
a
casting
director
of
some
kind,
or
a
casting
director’s
assistant…
Being
a
woman
of
colour
and
being
an
actor
and
being
told
at
that
time
that
I
wasn’t
able
to
read
because
of
the
colour
of
my
skin,
and
the
word
‘urban’
being
thrown
around
like
that,
that
was
what
was
really
hard
about
that
moment.”

This
is
not
the
first
time
Zoe
talked
about
her
experience.
In
an
interview
in
2015
she
said,
“They
told
me
that
I
couldn’t
get
an
audition
for
a
small
role
they
were
casting
because
they
weren’t
‘going
urban.’
It
was
like,
‘What
does
that
have
to
do
with
anything?’
I
have
to
play
the
role
like,
‘Yo,
what’s
up,
Batman?
What’s
going
on
wit
chu?'”

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Zoe’s
performance
as
Catwoman
is
being
praised
by
fans
as
well
as
critics.
The
actress
reportedly
underwent
4
months
of
physical
training
for
the
role,
and
even
studied
videos
of
big
cats
to
perfect
her
character’s
stride
and
movements.

Apart
from

The
Batman,
Zoe
was
also
seen
in
the
Amazon
Prime
Video
action
thriller,
Kimi.