‘Oh God, I Can’t Bear It’: Judi Dench Says Cats Film Was ‘A Waste of Goodwill and Talent’
The actor’s forthcoming memoir Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? says the makers had honourable intentions but the elements ‘didn’t coalesce’
TL;DR
- Dame Judi Dench has expressed her strong negative feelings about the 2019 film adaptation of Cats.
- In her upcoming memoir, she calls the film a 'waste of all that goodwill and talent' and admits she has not watched the final cut.
- Dench describes her costume as looking like 'five foxes fucking on my back' and notes the film's erratic CGI.
- Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber also heavily criticized the film, calling it 'off-the-scale all wrong' and a 'ridiculous' endeavor.
- Lloyd Webber stated the experience was so damaging that he bought a dog as an emotional support animal.