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Trailer - 'Catwoman'APTN, LA, 12th July 20042. SOUNDBITE (English) Halle Berry, Actress:\"Most of my roles come to me at the right time in life. If I instinctually chose a role because I want...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSHOTLIST(including transcript):-\u003cbr/\u003eWarner Bros.\u003cbr/\u003e1. Trailer - 'Catwoman'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN, LA, 12th July 2004\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Halle Berry, Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Most of my roles come to me at the right time in life. If I instinctually chose a role because I want to do it, not because my agent or my managers talked me into it, if it's my choice, it's usually what I'm most needing or wanting to express in life. That was very true with 'Catwoman.' It was time for me to find my voice and empower myself, make some big changes in my life. It definitely inspired me.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWarner Bros.\u003cbr/\u003e3. Trailer - 'Catwoman'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN, LA, 12th July 2004\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Halle Berry, Actress, talking about comparisons between the current Catwoman, and the original played by Eartha Kitt:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think they're very different. I mean they're the same, as you know, Eartha Kitt and I have the same skin color, but I think this character is very reminiscent of the times today. We took her out of Gotham City and tried to make her a real character, one that women today could really relate to.  Make her a real woman, one who was on this journey of self discovery and empowerment, finding her voice, who happened to dress up in a costume. That's how we sort of looked at it. I think different, but yet maybe the same. She still is Catwoman, and got to do all the things that great Catwomen got to do in the past.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWarner Bros.\u003cbr/\u003e5. Trailer - 'Catwoman'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN, LA, 12th July 2004\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Benjamin Bratt, Actor, talking about Halle Berry:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What's there to say that hasn't been said? She's an amazing woman. Formidable on every level, truly, a consummate actress, a good sportsman and just a lot of fun. As the star of the film, she sets the tone for how everything feels on the set. She's warm, genuine and kind to everybody and a lot of laughs actually.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWarner Bros.\u003cbr/\u003e7. Trailer - 'Catwoman'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN, LA, 12th July 2004\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sharon Stone, Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's always good to play the villain because they're boundless. It's like, you can do whatever you want and no one's going to say, 'She wouldn't do that,' because the thing about the villain is that you never know what they're going to do. They might be one way one second and the next way the next second. That's what makes them bad, or good to be bad, and that's what's fun.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWarner Bros.\u003cbr/\u003e9. Trailer - 'Catwoman'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN, LA, 12th July 2004\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sharon Stone, Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We worked out in advance sequentially things that we were going to do. We prepared the kind of stuff that we would have to do. You know you jump when you do the hits. You do these certain kind of role thing and these ways that you smash into stuff, the way that you fall or roll. So they taught is very very well. We'd work little pieces, or little sections at a time. Of course she did the big fall (stunt double). I wasn't falling 39 floors, or falling down two flights of stairs. We, Halle and I are the people who hit the ground at the end, or hit the wall at the end. You can't not take the big fall for the close up.  It's not like it's free.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWarner BRos.\u003cbr/\u003e11.  Trailer - 'Catwoman'\u003cbr/\u003eAPTN, LA, 12th July 2004\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Halle Berry, Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I worked out first of all with my trainer, Harley Pasternak, for hours a day leading up to shooting just to sort of get into that catlike long lean shape. I learned a Brazilian form of martial arts called, Capoeira, which was one of the hardest things I think I ever tried to take on. You need great upper body strength. You need great coordination. You have to have a little bit ability to dance and move a little bit, gymnastics is required. So, I put my body through it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWarner Bros.\u003cbr/\u003e13. Trailer - 'Catwoman'\u003cbr/\u003e'Spider-Man,' 'The Day After Tomorrow' and 'I, Robot' all have male heroes saving the world- but actress Halle Berry says she is ready to give the men a run for their money with her new film, 'Catwoman.'\u003cbr/\u003eIn 'Catwoman,' Berry plays Patience Philips.  Philips works as an artist at Hedare Cosmetic Company.  Her life is ordinary in every way until she finds out the company's products are harming women.  Upon orders from the Laurel Hedare, the face of Hedare Cosmetics, Philips is murdered.\u003cbr/\u003eShe comes back to life in the form of Catwoman.  Philips vows to stop the Hedare Company from distributing products that are harmful.  There is only one problem: Laurel has set Catwoman up, making her look like a murderer.  Detective Tom Lone, played by Benjamin Bratt is hot on the case until he finds out that his girlfriend Patience is also Catwoman.\u003cbr/\u003eFor Berry, the chance to play the famed feline vixen came at the perfect time in her life.  In fact, 37 year-old Berry was filming 'Catwoman' when she filed for divorce from husband, singer, Eric Benet.  \"Most of my roles come to me at the right time in life.  If I instinctually chose a role because I want to do it, not because my agent or my managers talked me into it, if it's my choice, it's usually what I'm most needing or wanting to express in life.  That was very true with 'Catwoman.'  It was time for me to find my voice and empower myself, make some big changes in my life.  It definitely inspired me.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWhile the 'Catwoman' character has been brought to the big screen before (by Michelle Pfeiffer), Berry says this modern day version is different from the others.  \"I think they're very different.  I mean they're the same, as you know, Eartha Kitt and I have the same skin color, but I think this character is very reminiscent of the times today.  We took her out of Gotham City and tried to make her a real character, one that women today could really relate to.  Make her a real woman, one who was on this journey of self discovery and empowerment, finding her voice, who happened to dress up in a costume.  That's how we sort of looked at it.  I think different, but yet maybe the same.  She still is Catwoman, and got to do all the things that great Catwomen got to do in the past.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBenjamin Bratt got to live out most men's fantasies.  Not only did he get to see Berry in her cat suite on set, but he also got to play one-on-one (basketball) with Berry. \"What's there to say that hasn't been said?  She's an amazing woman, formidable on every level, truly.  A consummate actress, a good sportsman and just a lot of fun.  As the star of the film, she sets the tone for how everything feels on the set.  She's warm, genuine and kind to everybody and a lot of laughs actually.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWhile Bratt was shooting hoops with Berry, Sharon Stone was pumping iron.  The actress, who plays mean villain Laurel, said she had to train hard for her fight scenes with Berry. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We worked out in advance sequentially things that we were going to do.  We prepared the kind of stuff that we would have to do.  You know you jump when you do the hits.  You do these certain kind of role thing and these ways that you smash into stuff, the way that you fall or roll.  So they taught is very very well.  We'd work little pieces, or little sections at a time.  Of course she did the big fall (stunt double).  I wasn't falling 39 floors, or falling down two flights of stairs.  We, Halle and I are the people who hit the ground at the end, or hit the wall at the end.  You can't not take the big fall for the close up.  It's not like it's free.\"\u003cbr/\u003eStone wasn't the only one working out.  Berry had to have discipline to get a buff, lean body to fit into her 'Catwoman' costume.  \"I worked out first of all with my trainer, Harley Pasternak, for hours a day leading up to shooting just to sort of get into that catlike long lean shape.  I learned a Brazilian form of martial arts called, Capoeira, which was one of the hardest things I think I ever tried to take on.  You need great upper body strength.  You need great coordination.  You have to have a little bit ability to dance and move a little bit, gymnastics is required.  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