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“Oh, well I never, was there ever a cat so clever as…?”

Gentlemen. That tender gaze - those gentle touches - that smile! This is, quite frankly, unfair.

Rafe Watts as Munkustrap and Xavier Pellin as Mistoffelees, 2020 Asia tour 27/01/21. Credit to ahn hong, as so often, for these lovely close-up moments of her faves.

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER COULD NEVER

I'm too lazy for doing references for each character and writing about all of them and about plot..... So I just made this :)

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Introduction:

This is still a work in progress, but here goes… The CATS (2019) cast list, with additions: I’ve given tentative names to everyone in the cast who was only called CHORUS and added them to the alphabetical lineup. Their numbers are so vast that I had to reach beyond the “wellknown” character names; however, all of them are either from Eliot’s poems, have been used in some production of CATS at some point in time, or are in some other way associated with Eliot. A few of them I had specific reasons for assigning a certain name to a certain actor (which will be indicated in parentheses); most are purely arbitrary. So these are certainly not set in stone, and any suggestions/insights into a particular actor and why he/she should be named differently are most welcome.  

*Note: I did not include any of the Mice or Cockroaches, because I was thinking specifically of the cats. But now I am wondering if some of them doubled as Jellicles for certain scenes? Must research.*

*Will update as further info/pictures become available*

Admetus:  Eric Underwood

Alonzo:  Bluey Robinson      

Augustus:  Aaron Jenkins

Bill Bailey:  Jon-Scott Clark (He has previously played Bill Bailey on stage.)

Bombalurina:  Taylor Swift

Bustopher Jones:  James Corden

Carbuckety:  Samuel Baxter

Cassandra:  Mette Towley

Coricopat:  Jaih Betote

Demeter:  Daniela Norman

Edgar:  Benjamin Milan

Electra:  Ida Saki

Etcetera:  Sharifa Butterfly

Exotica:  Yasmin Cogan De Abreu

Faber:  Tom Clark  

Genghis:  Po-Lin Tung (According to the film’s end credits. I know, it seems odd to me too…to use this name with no full Growltiger song. But perhaps, like Griddle, he’s just another minion of Macavity/helper of Growltiger.)

George: Shay Barclay (?)

Gilbert: Muti Musafiri                    

Griddlebone:  Melissa Kate Gray

Grizabella:  Jennifer Hudson

Growltiger:  Ray Winstone

Grumbuskin:  Jaron Johnson

Gus the Theatre Cat:  Ian McKellen  

James:  Rufus Lacey                  

Jellylorum:  Freya Rowley

Jemima:  Chrissy Brooke          

Jennyanydots:  Rebel Wilson

Lillie: Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson        

Macavity:  Idris Elba

Maitre D’:  Cory English

Marina:  Roxanne Milliner

Morgan:  Nicole Bondzie

Mr. Mistoffelees:  Laurie Davidson

Mungojerrie:  Danny Collins

Munkustrap:  Robbie Fairchild

Murad:  Yasmin Harrison

Noilly Prat:  Kalene Jeans

Old Deuteronomy:  Judi Dench

Olivia:  Olivia Grace Cowley (Yes, there has been an actual swing cat called Olivia.)

Parsifal:  Poncianinho Almeida

Plato:  Larry Bourgeois

Pouncival:  Kie Willis

Quaxo:  Corey John Snide (He played Coricopat and understudied Misto during the Broadway revival…obviously Cori and Misto are taken, so Corey can have Misto’s alter-ego instead…even though he’s grey and definitely isn’t a Misto double…)               

Rumpelteazer:  Naoimh Morgan

Rum Tum Tugger:  Jason Derulo

Skimbleshanks:  Steven McRae

Socrates:  Laurent Bourgeois

Stearns:  Clemmie Sveaas

Syllabub:  Jonadette Carpio

Sylvani:  Katie Morton-Hughes

Tantomile:  Zizi Strallen

Thomas:  Tommy Franzen

Tumblebrutus:  Kolton Krouse (He portrayed Tumble in the Broadway revival…he tumbled then, and he tumbles in the film…no other name more fitting.)

Valerie:  Lynn Jung

Victor:  Redmand Rance

Victoria:  Francesca Hayward

Wiskuscat:  Zhane Samuels

Macavity’s Henchqueens:

Fantazia:  Hannah Faith Marram

Sparetta:  Sophie Carmen-Jones

Zampalesta:  Chelsea Marie Hogg

Jokaste:  Jade Albertsen               

Next Step… After the DVD release, watch the film as many times as necessary to match each actor to his/her cat… Observe their behaviors/personalities and determine if any name changes would be fitting.     

Edits/Additions:

This kitten looks like she might POSSIBLY be Chrissy Brooke, whom I’ve named Jemima. Searching the cast photos for a face that matches the tomkit to the left of Tantomile…

HUGE thank you and shoutout to @theimpossiblescheme​ for suggesting names for the Macavity Queens! 

Cats be like

The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.