How did “Lord of the Rings” and “X-Men” star Ian McKellen prepare for playing a feline in the upcoming film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Cats”?
“Well, at the moment, I’m looking for the inner p-ssy,” he said on Friday’s “The Graham Norton Show,” causing the audience to interrupt him with laughter before he finished his train of thought.
“The mugginess that is within us all,” he continued. “I’m not doing very well at it.”
McKellen joked that he thought of going on a “cat diet,” just eating cat food on the weekends to really get into character, but that approach had its drawbacks.
Also Read: Judi Dench Is Latest Addition to 'Cats' Cast
“I’ve always thought that tinned cat food smells as if it might be rather tasty… it isn’t,” the actor said.
McKellen will play Asparagus aka Gus the Theatre Cat,...
“Well, at the moment, I’m looking for the inner p-ssy,” he said on Friday’s “The Graham Norton Show,” causing the audience to interrupt him with laughter before he finished his train of thought.
“The mugginess that is within us all,” he continued. “I’m not doing very well at it.”
McKellen joked that he thought of going on a “cat diet,” just eating cat food on the weekends to really get into character, but that approach had its drawbacks.
Also Read: Judi Dench Is Latest Addition to 'Cats' Cast
“I’ve always thought that tinned cat food smells as if it might be rather tasty… it isn’t,” the actor said.
McKellen will play Asparagus aka Gus the Theatre Cat,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
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