Cats Movie Cast In Makeup. Eliot.the film is directed by tom hooper—in his second feature musical following les misérables (2012)—from a screenplay by lee hall and hooper and features an. Cats was last seen on the west end in 2014, when it returned for a limited run starring nicole scherzinger.
The movie follows a group of cats, the jellicles, who decide to send one cat to the heaviside layer (aka heaven) to be reborn. Presented by the north carolina theatre, the show runs from oct. But some roles given to the famous actors' require more than just excellent acting skills, which is where special effects makeup and prosthetics come in.
The impossibly great lengths the original costume and makeup departments went to to make ordinary people look like our feline friends resulted in a cats image that has been seared permanently into any broadway fan's head as instantly recognizable and utterly unforgettable.
We finally have been given our first look at the cats movie and now we know what the actors will look like as cats! The main goal of a movie star is to step into somebody else's shoes and walk in them so convincingly that the audience forgets they're watching a performance. Calling all grizabellas and rumpleteazers! The movie follows a group of cats, the jellicles, who decide to send one cat to the heaviside layer (aka heaven) to be reborn.