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Katie Holmes Talks "Batman Begins"

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February 23, 2005
About.com
By Fred Topel

When Katie Holmes did press for First Daughter, I had my own agenda. I don’t know anything about the character she’s playing in Batman Begins, but I’d take any news I could get. We’ll have more First Daughter coverage on the Romantic movies site next week, but here’s what she said about Batman Begins.

Tell us about your character in Batman Begins? I play Rachel Dawes and I work in the DA’s office and I’m Bruce Wayne’s good friend growing up, and that’s all I can say.

Do you do any stunt work or is it a more talky role? It’s more of a talky role. I’m not into stunts. Not one of those girls. I like it real easy.

Did Michael Keaton give you any advice on being in a Batman movie? Unfortunately I didn’t really know I was going to audition for the Batman movie when I worked with Michael. He had shared some of his stories from his experience but we had no idea that maybe I was going to do the next one.

How many are you signed for? It’s sort of more complicated than that question. They can have me if they want me for two more.

Is doing a superhero movie less natural than a romantic comedy like First Daughter? I actually find it to be more challenging to be in a huge effects movie because a lot of the things aren’t there, so you have to trust the director. You react to nothing. And with this particular project, the cast is very intimidating. And Chris Nolan is amazing, but I was just so thrilled to be with these people that I was like, “I have to do this so right and perfect.” So I think if I get to be in another one, maybe I’ll relax a bit.

Did Christian help you, since he’s done effects movies before? Well, I didn’t tell Christian I was having a problem. It was fun.

Do you see Batman Begins as a transition into more adult roles? Well, I hope that as I get older and mature that I will be able to play more adult like roles and I think we’ll see what’ll happen naturally. And doing Batman I think will be helpful because it’s a movie that brings a lot of exposure. But I was just so excited to be a part of something with such history and these people and the experience was awesome. Like every day I was on set, I was e-mailing my friends, “I just rode in the Batmobile. Ha ha, what are you doing?”

Do you ride in it in the movie? Yes. It is so cool. I saw the mobile take off and get on the street, and I was like, “Okay, I get it. I get why guys love cars. I am in love right now and all I want is that car.”

Did you get to drive it? No, it’s kind of a complicated car with computers.

Did you read lots of comics for it? Yes.

Is your character in the comics? No.

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