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Swift looked at ease as she played what looked to be a glass milk bottle, while Corden shook a jar filled with random knick-knacks. Meanwhile, Hayward kept up the tempo on a large, empty paint can before Hudson entered the frame and closed out the group performance.
The all-star cast hit the red carpet in New York City on Monday for the premiere of the Tom Hopper-directed movie-musical.
While on the carpet, Swift, who plays Bombalurina in the movie,told PEOPLEabout her experience on the film’s enchanting set.
“I love my character. She’s really fun,” the actress said. “I think myself andJames Corden, we bring the comedy to the film. The original material was T.S. Eliot poetry, so it was quite challenging to get some modern humor into the movie.”
Speaking about her personal training for the film, Wilson said “people really got into the cat school” and learned how to act like a cat.
“All of the movement is real,” she shared. “We really learned how to move and act in this kind of cat-human hybrid fashion.”
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“The CATS movie is the strangest, most bewildering, queerest, magical, and spectacular cinematic experience I have ever had,” wrote Broadway star Alan Henry. “I am not sure what just happened but I know that it was something worth experiencing.”
Actor, director, and writer Ben Mekler also praised the film, despite its polarizing trailer, writing, “Uh, #Cats is kinda great? Everything that seemed weird in the trailers just melts away when you’re watching the film. It’s magical and just plain works with the sole exception ofTaylor Swift’s original song about the cats devouring the corpse of an old woman who died in her flat.”
Though some critics didn’t fall for the catnip.
Ramin Setoodeh ofVarietyapplauded Swift’s original song, “Beautiful Ghosts,” which the singer co-wrote with Webber. While the song earned a Golden Globe nomination, it was left off the shortlist forthe Oscars.
“Having seen #CatsMovie, the Academy’s failure to include ‘Beautiful Ghosts’ on the original song shortlist was a bad move,” Setoodehwrote. “Obviously, voters left it off because ‘Cats’ hadn’t screened yet. But the song — a bookend to ‘Memory’ — is great. I already can’t get it out of my head.”
Catsdebuts in theaters Friday, Dec. 20.
source: people.com
