Halle Berry ‘Hated’ That ‘Catwoman’ Backlash ‘Got All Put On Me’ and ‘It’s My Failure’: ‘I Didn’t Make It Alone,’ but ‘I’ve Absolutely Carried It’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Halle Berry recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly to mark the 20th anniversary of “Catwoman” and admitted that she’s always hated being the sole target of the movie’s backlash.

The infamous comic book movie was a box office flop, and Berry was awarded a Razzie for her performance. She famously showed up to the ceremony with her Oscar in hand to accept the trophy for worst performance. “I felt like it was Halle Berry’s failure, but I didn’t make it alone,” Berry told the publication. “All these years, I’ve absolutely carried it.” “Catwoman” opened in theaters on July 23, 2003, to negative reviews, with many critics agreeing it was one of the worst comic book movies ever made.

The film, directed by Pitof, starred Berry as Patience Phillips, a meek cosmetics company employee who dies and is reborn as Catwoman.

Berry was interested in making the film because it was sold as a complete reinvention of the Catwoman character, but right off the bat she was underwhelmed by the story, which finds Catwoman investigating a deadly cosmetics beauty line. “I always thought the idea of Catwoman saving women from a face cream felt a bit soft,” Berry said to Entertainment Weekly. “All the other superheroes save the world; they don’t just save women from cracked faces.