These are some photos of Anne Hathaway over the past two days. On Tuesday night, Anne went with Adam Shulman to the premiere of Shut Up and Play The Hits – those are the pics where she’s wearing a black mini-dress and flats. Then last night Anne was photographed entering The Ed Sullivan Theater on her way to appear on The Late Show. I keep going back and forth on her hair. Over the weekend, it looked cute and gamine. Now I’m focusing too much on her awkward baby-bangs. They’re not good.

Anyway, Anne’s press tour for The Dark Knight Rises has already begun. Oddly enough, Anne seems like she’s the only one doing press for the film so far. Is it too much to hope for some Tom Hardy interviews? Maybe some Joseph Gordon Levitt appearances? I don’t give a crap about Christian Bale – he can do whatever. I just hope everything doesn’t fall to Annie. That being said, it’s feeling more and more like Anne is going to be exceptionally “well-reviewed” for her performance as Catwoman. Christopher Nolan even told Access Hollywood that he wouldn’t be surprised if Anne got her own Catwoman spinoff film! Nolan said, “Anne is incredibly precise and articulate about the psychology of the character. She’s really built it from the ground up, it’s just a delight to watch her perform. The things she does in those heels is not to be taken lightly. She’s an incredible character and we’re very excited to see her and hopefully we’ll leave people wanting more. I certainly think she deserves [a spinoff], she’s incredible.”

Anne also has some new interviews. There’s nothing earth-shattering, but I found some of the quotes interesting. Some selected highlights:

Training for Catwoman: “It wasn’t just about looking a certain way. I had to learn how to fight. I had to become strong. I feel in situations like this — I don’t know what other actresses have gone through — but sometimes there’s a mandate that comes to you and deals with how you have to look. The way I was treated on this movie was, ‘Learn how to do what you need to do and then however you look, that’s the way the character looks. And I felt, as a woman, very protected in that way.”

Doing stunts in stilettos: “It’s part of being a woman, you just figure it out. The Devil Wears Prada was really good training for that, though. I kind of ran all up and down Manhattan. Now I just ran up and down Gotham.”

But Nolan did basically tell her she needed to be incredibly fit: “When I got the part, Chris [Nolan] said, ‘So, there’s going to a lot of fighting and when we did Inception, Joe [Joseph Gordon-Levitt] got in really good shape. Joe went to the gym for months so that when we did his fight scenes, he did his own fighting. I really liked that.’ I said, ‘Gotcha. I am reading between the lines here.’ So I went to the gym and came out when we wrapped. And it was a complete transformation. I had never done anything like that.”

Being one of the first people to read TDKR script: “I was in a room by myself reading a script. I think there was a guard outside. A part of me was trying to stay professional, like, ‘This is going to be your one chance to read it for many, many months, so really take it in’. And a part of me was like, ‘Holy s**t! This is so cool! Oh my god! I am the envy of so many million people right now’. I just could not believe my luck, so I had those two things going. Keeping it cool and, pardon the pun, bats**t crazy.”

She studied the history of Catwoman: “I picked up The Dark Knight archives, and I picked up a book that explored the history of Catwoman, which was actually really, really helpful ‘cos you just realise she can take anything. She’s so the embodiment of her time and whatever world she’s in. I’ve seen versions where she’s incredibly glamorous, and I’ve seen versions where she’s a street kid, and that kind of informed my idea in that part of the way she cons people is she seamlessly and effortlessly becomes whatever their idea of who she is, is.”

[Via Digital Spy and Parade]

Basically, Christopher Nolan she better start working out like crazy and training all the time and then however she looked after all of that was just going to be how Catwoman looked. And that made her feel “protected”. I guess I just don’t understand that kind of discipline – I’ve never been able to DO that and I can imagine how worn out she would feel. At least it’s a spectacular payoff – playing a beloved character in what will be the biggest movie of the year.

Is “Catwoman” the reason Anne has been wearing all black lately?

Photos courtesy of WENN.