Affleck Says He'll Do Batman If Paltrow Does
Catwoman
27th December 1999
Ben Affleck has agreed to star as the next
Batman but is insisting that his girlfriend
Gwyneth Paltrow play Catwoman, the London Sunday
Mirror reported. However, the newspaper quoted a
Warner Bros. source as saying that Paltrow might
turn down the role. "She can't decide if the
part will be good for her career, " the source
told the newspaper. Meanwhile, London papers are
also reporting that Natalie Portman is set to
star in a sequel to the 1987 hit film Dirty
Dancing (1987). No word on the nature of her
part, or who might co-star.