Cats

film by Hooper [2019]

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Corden

  • James Corden
    In James Corden

    In 2019 Corden appeared in Cats, a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely successful stage musical. He later was cast in The Prom (2020), a musical in which a theatre troupe tries to help a lesbian teenager; his performance caused controversy, as some found his characterization of a gay…

    Read More

Dench

  • Judi Dench
    In Judi Dench

    …following year Dench appeared in Cats, a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit stage musical. Her later movie credits included Six Minutes to Midnight, a World War II drama, and the comedy Blithe Spirit (both 2020), which was based on a Noël Coward play. For her performance in Branagh’s…

    Read More

Elba

  • Idris Elba
    In Idris Elba: The Suicide Squad and Hijack

    …2019 included the family musical Cats, a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely successful stage production. Elba later starred in Concrete Cowboy (2020), about a father who reconnects with his son through urban horseback riding.

    Read More

Hudson

  • Jennifer Hudson
    In Jennifer Hudson

    …films All Rise (2018) and Cats (2019), the latter of which is an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster stage musical. In 2021 Hudson starred as legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin in the biopic Respect.

    Read More

Lloyd Webber

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber
    In Andrew Lloyd Webber: Later career

    …on a film adaptation of Cats (2019), which was directed by Tom Hooper and featured an all-star cast including Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Idris Elba, and James Corden.

    Read More

McKellen

  • Ian McKellen in Richard III
    In Ian McKellen

    …and he also appeared in Cats, an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely successful stage musical.

    Read More

Swift

  • Taylor Swift
    In Taylor Swift: Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, and controversies

    …also appeared in the musical Cats, a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hugely successful stage production. Miss Americana (2020) is a documentary about her life and career. With little advance notice, she released Folklore in 2020. A departure from her previous pop-inspired work, Swift’s eighth studio album drew praise…

    Read More
  • Egyptian cat statues
    In 9 (Lives of) Famous Cat Lovers: Taylor Swift

    …as Bombalurina in the musical Cats, a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular stage production. As she told Time magazine that year, “I love my cats so much that when a role came up in a movie called Cats, I just thought, like, I gotta do this.” In 2023…

    Read More