I struggle with that kind of structure or authority in general.” But I don’t know how I could ever have an office job. My dad would say that sometimes, because I’m good at arguing. “We used to joke,” she says, “that my version of rebellion would be, like, to become a lawyer or something. When I ask whether she ever considered having a civilian job – something dry and non-flashy, not acting but accountancy – she immediately brightens. Given her background, it seems Kravitz was destined for the limelight.
“If I needed the toilet, someone had to escort me in and out.” Photograph: AlamyĪnd the iconic catsuit? I ask. Her life has been really difficult and she’s figured out a way to survive this far and take care of herself, and she really cares about other people in similar situations.”įeline groovy: with Robert Pattinson in The Batman. “You know, you can’t read cats, which is why a lot of people feel uncomfortable around them.” Kravitz conceptualised Kyle as someone who is “tough, a street-smart person.
“It was fun to play with different ways of walking, of being agile,” she says. To get into character, Kravitz watched videos of big cats and gradually adopted their physical attributes. The Batman is made by the American director Matt Reeves, who has described Kravitz as “smart, funny, honest, unpretentious”, and “a great creative partner”. We’re meeting to discuss The Batman, her new film, in which she stars as Selena Kyle, otherwise known as Catwoman, opposite Robert Pattinson.
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“A weirdo!” She’s bundled up in a hoodie and beanie hat, makeup free apart from a delicate cat-eye flick of eyeliner, which feels appropriate. “I’m just a fucking nerd,” she says at one point, though only half-convincingly. Here she is, easygoing and thoughtful in conversation, an A-lister speaking her mind rather than the asinine niceties offered by more careful celebrities.
In 2017, she starred in a British Vogue video in which she yelled, while sharing odd items she keeps in her handbag, “Fuck Trump!” And when we meet one evening via Zoom – me in London, her in LA – she doesn’t disappoint. I expected her to be candid – throughout her career she’s been outspoken: on race and Hollywood, on body image and politics. Zoë Kravitz is show-business royalty, the daughter of actor Lisa Bonet and musician Lenny Kravitz.
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