{"id":381521,"date":"2026-10-20T06:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=381521"},"modified":"2026-10-21T05:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:24:41","slug":"judi-dench-starred-in-one-of-the-worst-musicals-in-history-now-she-opens-up-god-i-cant-stand-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/judi-dench-starred-in-one-of-the-worst-musicals-in-history-now-she-opens-up-god-i-cant-stand-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Judi Dench starred in one of the worst musicals in history. Now she opens up: \u201cGod, I can\u2019t stand it\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 11, 1981, Andrew Lloyd Webber made musical history by creating Cats, a show that in London alone ran for almost 9,000 consecutive performances and about 7,500 on Broadway<\/strong>, thus becoming one of the longest-running shows in all of history. However, nobody had dared bring it to theaters because, basically, it’s a concept that can’t work on screen: people dressed as cats singing about themselves. Meow.<\/p>\n

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I am Gateras the cat, and I buy pears<\/h2>\n\n

In 2019, Tom Hooper, who was coming off adapting Les Mis\u00e9rables, decided the time had come for Cats to be adapted properly. He assembled a spectacular star-studded cast, dressed them as cats with CGI\u2026 and what everyone ended up talking about was their butthole, which they had to digitally remove<\/strong>. Now Judi Dench, who had never spoken about that experience, has done so openly.<\/p>\n\n

In her memoir, Dench said \u201cOh, God, I can’t stand it, and Lloyd Webber took such a long time before it got made. What a waste of good intentions and talent<\/strong>. I understand the critics were very hostile, I haven’t seen the final cut so I can’t judge\u201d<\/em>. The actress was nominated for a Razzie for her performance, and, much as she’s a Hollywood legend, she more than earned it.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAll I’ll say is that nobody sets out to give a bad performance or make a bad film. You do the best you can, give it everything you’ve got and hope people come along for the ride<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>. The film grossed $78 million against a budget of $100 million, has gone down in history as one of the worst films in history<\/a> and Hooper, in fact, hasn’t had the nerve to direct again. No wonder. It’s a crime, in a world that adores cats, to make Cats.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On May 11, 1981, Andrew Lloyd Webber made musical history by creating Cats, a show that in London alone ran for almost 9,000 consecutive performances and about 7,500 on Broadway, thus becoming one of the longest-running shows in all of history. However, nobody had dared bring it to theaters because, basically, it’s a concept that … Continue reading “Judi Dench starred in one of the worst musicals in history. Now she opens up: \u201cGod, I can\u2019t stand it\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":381520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-381521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t