First Look: Anne Hathaway as Catwoman with Mask and Ears

Spy photo shows off Catwoman's complete costume for 'The Dark Knight Rises.'

By Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero | Sept. 24, 2011

Ever since Warner Bros. released the first official image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises, everyone's been wondering if she'll wear a mask or goggles and will she have cat ears. Back in August, Anne Hathaway's stunt double was allegedly seen on set with a mask but we still weren't sure about the ears. Now it appears we have the answer.

JustJared.com has managed to capture Hathaway in her complete outfit. That means a mask and ears. Many have speculated that the funky goggles she was wearing in the official image had something to do with piloting the bat-cycle.

What will be the purpose of the ears? Is she wearing them just for show? Has she been inspired by Batman's costume as depicted in Batman: Year One? We'll have to wait and see.

JustJared has a couple more shots, included Christian Bale as Batman. Hathaway's costume looks a little...plain. Hopefully it will look better on camera. Then again, there has been speculation that director Christopher Nolan is putting up smokescreens to throw us off. Do you think this is the official costume or one that has been allowed to be seen unofficially?

249 Comments

cattlebattleon Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:01 p.m.

Thats looks good, Gary Oldman looks skeptical!!

Silver Knight75on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:02 p.m.

Now that's more like it.

ThePRezon Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:02 p.m.

she looks photoshped

shawn87on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:03 p.m.

That's not too bad.

ImperiousRixon Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:03 p.m.

As much as this looks "sillier", at least she looks like Catwoman now.

And pretty sexy to boot...

Pokeysteveon Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:05 p.m.

It's probably real. Nolan sucks with Bat villains. Ras and Scarecrow had so much potential =/

Mercy_on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:06 p.m.

Im taking absolutely all photos and vids that are being released with an ENORMOUS grain of salt. Nolan is notorious for his security measures. There's no way he's not aware of these and I doubt that they're fully legit.

Kal'smahboi is online on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:07 p.m.

Hmm idk. I still need to see an action shot. This is Anne Hathaway in a Catwoman costume, I want to see her playing Catwoman.

drphilteron Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:07 p.m.

i think it looks great and practical. i dont quite get the commenta about it looking boring... hasnt all the catwoman costumes been rather plain?

sora_thekey moderator on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:10 p.m.

Sadly, all I can personally think of is: "Why?!". While I do think that Catwoman should have cat ears, why was it decided that hers' would look this way? All of Batman's ensemble in the Nolan films has a purpose. What is the purpose of the Halloween-headband cat ears? At least we now know she will share a scene with Commissioner Gordon.

Daveyo520on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:11 p.m.

They seem a little too far back on her head.

BlackArmoron Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:17 p.m.

Not to be a jerk but i can't stop laughing and i meen the Mean i'm making fun of her kind of laughing. She looks riddicules like a twelve year old who took 5 dollars from her moms purse and went to the dollar store to make a constuction paper mask and ears.....and i'm still laughing. I actually miss halley berry now i'm serious wtf did they run out of money in the costume budget making batman's suit more awesome or did Nolan just plain out stop caring...........still laughing just thought you should know

MrCipheron Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:21 p.m.

OK Nolan chose the wrong leading lady...again. Maggie Gyllenhal should have played the Joker in the last movie and now we have a dumpy, fat leg, big @$$ cat woman who looks like a thousand and one "cat girl" costumes on a wide variety of online games (actually some of those costumes are better than this). She pretty much looks like a pear in skin-tight leather.

Why can't he find a woman who has Michelle Pfieffer's sexiness and acting ability (probably because few if any actresses can come close to her now).

jrock85on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:24 p.m.

I don't care if she wears cat ears or not.

BoboKrypto101on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:24 p.m.

its...ok i guess

ecm1285on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:25 p.m.

Personally, I'm not feeling it. But I'm pretty sure that the movie will be good enough that I can overlook this.

daredevil21134on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:25 p.m.

lol....I like Michelle Pfeiffer better

Gambit1024on Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:26 p.m.

The more I'm hearing about this movie's shooting details, the less I care about the movie... That being said, at this point, I don't give a care on what Catwoman looks like or why Bane doesn't have a luchadore mask.

Just let Nolan be finished in peace so the next Batman trilogy to give Mr. Freeze, Two-Face, Riddler, and Poison Ivy a shot at being awesome.

QDarksideon Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:27 p.m.

I like it, but I rather have her without the ears. She should at least keep the mask.

kennyshaton Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:31 p.m.

Kind of wish they'd gone with the full head mask ala the Darwin Cooke design. But I'm glad she looks like Catwoman.

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