Zoe Kravitz, who is playing Catwoman in The Batman, says she is reading Frank Miller's legendary Batman: Year One comic run to prepare for the role. The upcoming DCEU film, which stars Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, was filming in London before the coronavirus pandemic shut down movie production worldwide.

Despite the production delay, The Batman is still scheduled to release in theaters in 2021. It is written and directed by Matt Reeves, and will follow a young Bruce Wayne in his second year as the vigilante. Kravitz has been cast to play Selina Kyle, a cat burglar also known as Catwoman. The Batman will reportedly be a detective story, and was inspired by a number of the classic comic book runs, including Miller's iconic Year One.

Related: Why The Batman's Batsuit Is So Important To His Story

Now, speaking to Joshua Horowitz on the podcast Happy Sad Confused, Kravitz confirms that she is reading the comic run, initially published in 1987 across four issues of Batman, to prepare for the role. Kravitz was talking to Horowitz from her base in London, where she has been locked down with husband Karl Glusman during the pandemic, and says that Miller's take on the Caped Crusader has been on her bookshelf during the quarantine. She says that "it's great. It's super badass."

Zoe Kravitz Catwoman Hairstyle

Kravitz also told Horowitz that the script Reeves has written is "phenomenal" and revealed that if it wasn't for the shutdown, her Catwoman suit would have likely been unveiled already. Kravitz has previously spoken about the intense workout regime she had to endure for the role, and that fact combined with her comments on reading Year One make it clear that The Batman won't be lacking any action.

The news that Kravitz is reading Miller's classic take on Batman's origin story should excite fans of the Dark Knight. Miller's four-issue run has become iconic, and to some degree inspired a number of the filmmakers who have put Batman on-screen, including Joel Schumacher and Christopher Nolan. In Year One, Selina Kyle is a prostitute and thief, who is introduced to the audience when she beats Bruce Wayne up. She is later inspired to put on the Catwoman costume and fight crime when she witnesses Batman in action, and teams up with him briefly in the final issue.

While Reeves has said he won't be covering Batman's first year as a crimefighter, it's clear that Kravitz is using Miller's story to inform her performance. This could mean that Reeves has at least borrowed some of the elements of that story in his portrayal of Catwoman, which is an enticing prospect. The versions of Catwoman seen on-screen before have steered away from her darker side, and it would be refreshing to see Catwoman going toe-to-toe with Batman and really showing off what the character can do. Here's hoping that The Batman's version of Catwoman lives up to those expectations.

More: The Batman Theory: The REAL Villain’s Identity (It Hasn’t Been Revealed Yet)

Source: Happy Sad Confused

Key Release Dates