Halle Berry reveals the story behind a cat photo if she were to play Catwoman again

Halle Berry shares the story behind that recent topless photo shoot she did surrounded by cats.

The Union star celebrated his film Catwoman20th birthday on Instagram last month, sharing photos of herself and her kitties Boots and Coco, in which she posed topless and donned a coordinating black and white cat eye mask.

Berry, 58, shared the story behind the photo shoot The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Thursday, Aug. 15, explaining that her furry friends were an unexpected surprise.

“Just in time for my 20th birthday, these four black cats showed up in my yard,” the actress said. “For example, these are rescue kitties that showed up in my bushes.”

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“This is what happens when you come to your house?!” host Jimmy Fallon joked in response, referring to Berry’s stripped-down look in the photos.

“That’s why I did it! The cats made me do it,” joked the Oscar winner.

Fallon, 49, went on to chat with his guest about her superhero movie Catwomanwhich Berry noted was “slapped” by critics as “angry b—s” upon its release.

“It’s not that bad. I’ve had worse reviews,” the host teased.

But now, “Kids have now found it on the Internet, and kids love it,” Berry said.

“So it’s so vindicating, right? Because now I’m saying it’s great and what the hell was everyone’s problem with that? So I was like, ‘I’m so stupid right now,'” she joked.

Asked by Fallon if she would ever reprise her Patience Phillips/Catwoman role two decades later, Berry said she wouldn’t rule it out, but with one caveat.

“Maybe if I could direct it. Maybe!” she said.

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