Tom Hooper's Cats Movie Musical had casted Not One, but Two Female Leads, Get The Details

Posted on May 9th, 2016

Tom Hooper's Cats Movie Musical had casted Not One, but Two Female Leads, Get The Details
Cats is the sixth-longest- running West End show, and next year, this timeless masterpiece is finally gonna be a blockbuster biopic musical, Cats: The Musical. We've known for a while that Jennifer Hudson will be playing Grizabella, but in 2014, the movie has been building quite a cast. Only Robert Fairchild, Mette Towley, and Ian McKellen had been enlisted, but now there's word that Suki Waterhouse & Taylor Swift may also be joining the production.

Suki Waterhouse & Taylor Swift are currently in negotiations to star as one of the major characters in Cats: The Musical. And since they've been chosen to be cast, according to THR, Suki Waterhouse will play Demeter, while Taylor Swift will play Bombalurina. Demeter is a principal character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. Her name is mentioned in "The Naming of Cats" musical number. Within the plot of the show, she is often the target of Macavity's attacks, due to her unspecified past with him. And Bombalurina is extremely flirtatious and seems to love being the center of attention. She especially flirts with Rum Tum Tugger who rejects her during his number, "for he only likes what he finds for himself". They later dance together during the Jellicle Ball. The article also lists Robert Fairchild as Munkustrap, Mette Towley as Jemima, and Ian McKellen as Gus The Theatre Cat. Suki Waterhouse and Taylor Swift is the fifth and sixth cast member to join/be in strong contention for Cats: The Musical, a movie that's been in development for a couple of years, but is finally picking up steam.

While exact plot details have yet to be revealed, Cats: The Musical will follow a tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Tom Hooper is directing the movie, while Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Debra Hayward is producing the film. The movie's original songs will be written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Cats: The Musical will pounce into theaters on Christmas Day 2017. We'll bring you more information about the movie as it trickles in, but for now, let us know what you think about Suki Waterhouse & Taylor Swift coming aboard in the comments below.