Where could Kim Basinger have cameo'd?
Maybe at the ball Bruce couldve briefly run into Vicki Vale
Kim in 1992
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Nah. There should be different leading girl in each movie, like the Bond films. Basinger = B89. Even if it's just a cameo, she shouldn't be in it.
Sharon Stone should've been in this movie instead of Pfeiffer.
Well she was in Catwoman the movie , but 1992 Stone as Catwoman in BR would've been amazing (with Michelle Pfeiffer in Basic Instinct)
shareStone would've been perfect as catwoman, not only because she's in the same league as Kim Basinger, but she was born to play duplicitous characters and could also fight convincingly on camera (as seen in Total Recall).
Unfortunately she was probably filming dogshit like basic instinct at that time.
"Sharon Stone should've been in this movie instead of Pfeiffer."
No.
Yes. Did you see her Total Recall? She had the sweet/bad angle down like no other actress at that time, which is perfect for catwoman, and as attractive as Michelle Pfieffer is, she's not in Stone's league.
shareIt's not even about attractiveness, Pfeiffer is much more catlike than Stone, who also has a sort of masculine vibe (no, I'm not saying she's ugly or looks like a man).
Stone does also not come across as a bad girl who's actually a good girl inside or a good girl who's suppressing her bad side (however you want to interpret the character). She gives off the aura of a seductive bitch, a role she has played multiple times. She might've looked good in a catsuit, but she would not have been believable as a romantically frustrated mousy secretary.
but she would not have been believable as a romantically frustrated mousy secretary.
She played a part similar to that in a film called 'Scissors' which came out a year before Batman Returns. The movie itself was horrendous and unwatchable, but she was convincing as a paranoid shut in.
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Sharon Stone fan, huh?
I haven't seen that movie, but Pfeiffer was perfect as Selena AND Catwoman and I have my doubts Stone would've been able to give a vulnerability to both personas and make the audience feel empathy for them (I think that's one issue she often has as an actress). I also don't think she would've had the same chemistry with Keaton.
I'm sure other actresses could've played the role and maybe Stone wouldn't have sucked. But better than Pfeiffer? Nah.
I haven't seen that movie
You can watch it for free on this site if you have the stomach for it: https://m.ok.ru/video/2997422590662
Sharon Stone fan, huh?
She isn't the greatest of actresses, but she's interesting to watch, and cut from the same cloth as Kathleen Turner & Kim Basinger ie statuesque bombshells/femme fatales that I just don't see anymore in films.
Pfieffer was a much better catwoman than Halle Berry and Ann Hathaway, I'll give her that. What hurt Batman Returns wasn't Pfeiffer, it was Burton taking too much creative control, there wasn't enough action and too much weird, and it led directly to the fiascos of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. share
I'm just not so sure Stone would've fit in Burton's quirky 1930s gothic world. (She was perfectly cast in Casino, though. Fit her role much better than DeNiro and Pesci did theirs.)
The weirdness could have been toned down a bit, but my biggest problem was too many characters and not enough Batman. Other than that, it's my favourite Batman movie.
I've noticed how much of a popular cult movie that BR has become over the years, folk were pretty dedicated to it on the old imdb boards. I'm sure fans love the depth to the main characters, how real they feel as opposed to the cardboard cut outs in Nolan's efforts. It has gotten a lot better over the years, tbf.
shareLol, let's not discuss Nolan here!
shareOf course, I always wondered how Annette Bening would've portrayed Catwoman since she was originally suppose to play the character prior to her becoming pregnant. I believe that Tim Burton saw her in this movie called The Grifters (which funny enough, features Pat Hingle AKA Commissioner Gordon in a supporting role) that landed her first Academy Award nomination.
shareHad Tim Burton and Michael Keaton actually made a third Batman movie instead of what we ultimately got with Batman Forever, then maybe, I couldn't seen (of course, depending on the story they wanted to tell) Kim Basinger back as Vicki Vale. It's kind of like how the ill-fated Superman IV brought Margot Kidder back as Lois Lane after mostly sidelining her in favor of Lana Lang in Superman III.
As it is, I really don't know how the character would've fit in Batman Returns. Having Catwoman as the female lead does admittedly, fit in better with the whole animal motif or aesthetic ("The Cat, the Bat, and the Penguin") that they were going for. Plus, I'm guessing that having Catwoman along with Penguin (who was considered the second most famous or recognizable male Batman villain after The Joker) was better from a marketability standpoint. I believe that Vicki Vale actually is in an earlier draft from Sam Hamm, when it was a more explicit direct sequel to Batman 1989.