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‘Oh God, I can’t bear it’: Judi Dench says Cats film was ‘a waste of goodwill and talent’
Source: The Guardian · Published
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’ Dame Judi Dench has long made her feelings clear about Cats, the doomed 2019 adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. In an interview the year after release, she said she had so far declined to watch the movie – in which she played wise moggy Old…
Key points
- 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’ Dame Judi Dench has long made her feelings clear about Cats, the doomed 2019 adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
- In an interview the year after release, she said she had so far declined to watch the movie – in which she played wise moggy Old…
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