‘Catwoman’ at 20: Halle Berry says she “carried” the film’s backlash on her own

nme.com:

Halle Berry has reflected on the backlash her 2004 Catwoman film received.In the build up to the film’s 20th anniversary, the Oscar-winning actress told Entertainment Weekly that she felt she “carried” the film’s failure on her own.“I did not love it,” she said of the overwhelming negative reaction from critics and fans. “Being a Black woman, I am used to carrying negativity on my back, fighting, being a fish swimming upstream by myself.

I’m used to defying stereotypes and making a way out of no way.“I didn’t want to be casual about it, but I went and collected that Razzie, laughed at myself, and kept it moving.“It didn’t derail me because I’ve fought as a Black woman my whole life.

A little bad publicity about a movie? I didn’t love it, but it wasn’t going to stop my world or derail me from doing what I love to do.”She continued: “Growing up as a Black woman, that’s two strikes against you.

There’s an innate resilience. I hated that it got all put on me, and I hate that, to this day, it’s my failure. I know I can carry it.“I still have a career 20 years later.