“There were a lot of things in [our initial draft] that I liked.
He also alleges that he and Ferris were fired from production twice before cameras rolled.
“The power that controlled the movie was studio executives.
Sharon Stone and Halle Berry in ‘Catwoman’.Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection
He tossed everything I thought was good in our earlier work.
We had an oddly cobbled-together version of the script.”
Berry tells EW she was hesitant about the storyline but didn’t speak up at the time.
John Brancato
“I always thought the idea of Catwoman saving women from a face cream felt a bit soft.
All the other superheroes save the world; they dont just save women from cracked faces.
“So, I went along with it.”
John Brancato
“A RAT tumbles from the awning above, SPLASHING into a womans BOWL OF SOUP.
She lets out a scream.
“CATWOMAN bypasses BARKING DOGS, hissing at them as she does.
She turns a corner and finds–DOZENS OF CATS behind bars.
“The campiness of it, the oddity of it [appeals today].
Its an odd piece, the fact that it was such a strange mess.”
EW has reached out to Warner Bros., Robinov, Rebeck, Rogers, and Ferris for comment.
Read EW’s full oral history ofCatwomanwith Berry, director Pitof, producer Di Novi, and screenwriter Brancato
