Eliza Dushku

’Spider-Man 4’ Black Cat Casting: What About Eliza Dushku?

Sure, Anne Hathaway is the latest in a long line of rumored contenders for the role of Black Cat in "Spider-Man 4" (even though there’s no confirmation the character is even in the film), but does anyone remember another rumor from a few years back that cast an entirely different actress in the role?

Well, even if you didn’t remember the pre-"Spider-Man 3" rumor that had "Dollhouse" actress Eliza Dushku playing cat burglar Felicia Hardy, we did — and we asked her about it when she dropped by Splash Page HQ a while back.

"Don’t you love the Internet and the fans out there?" Dushku laughed when MTV Movies Editor Josh Horowitz asked if she’d seen the fan-made "Spider-Man 4" posters with her as Black Cat. "They do it up!"

While Dushku didn’t seem to have heard from anyone in the "Spider-Man 4" camp at that point (the interview was conducted last month), she seemed more than willing to suit up in the character’s skin-tight costume, given the chance.

"Would you like to see me not just superimposed, but as Black Cat?" asked Dushku.

Well, when Eliza Dushku asks you a question like that, the answer is obvious: an emphatic "Yes."

"Okay, well, tell your friends - write a letter," she laughed.

So, there you go, folks. Do we have another name to add to the list of Black Cat hopefuls? Heck, there’s at least as much support for this rumor as there is for the rest of the "Spider-Man 4" rumors, so...