Anne Hathaway Speaks on Dark Knight Rises Stunts, Learning Martial Arts

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Anne Hathaway, who is set to star in ‘Dark Knight Rises’ as Catwoman has spoken on how she has managed to get ready for the film which requires her to pull off some crazy stunts, and she even learned a few martial arts moves so her fighting could look convincing on screen. Speaking on the role, Anne commented that she had to spend time developing her skills:

 ”With action films you need to develop specific skills. They’ve given me a martial arts exercise, which I have to do all the time. It teaches me grace, proper stance and fluid movement. This stuff is so beautiful because it looks so gentle. But then, when you actually wind up doing the fight choreography, all of a sudden you are like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m hitting somebody’s throat right now.’ So it’s been a lot of fun and a new challenge.”

Anne says that she works out alongside her stunt team who help her to perform some of the more difficult stunts in the movie and that her own stunt double is inspiring:

“I’m having such a nice time with it because my stunt team is off-the-hook amazing. My stunt double is the coolest, toughest, sweetest woman that I have ever met. And I have a bike stunt double and a fighting double. And she is the coolest. We’ve been working out together and it’s really inspiring to see a girl work out tougher than the boys.”

Anne admits that the catsuit she has to squeeze into for the role isn’t very comfortable:

 ”The catsuit is not something where comfort is really a priority. Things that are glamorous very rarely are.”