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The experience of watching it is surreally both human and cat.
Somehow, they were all enthusiastic about the idea, too.
Every single person whos in the film does that, Dowling said.
Ian McKellen was apparently especially enamored with this part of the process.
Im four inches away from Gandalf, and were there for 15 seconds and then I go for it.
I go in and he goes, no, no, no!
Not yet, Im not ready.
When I relayed that anecdote to Dowling, she laughed.
Ian was really very thorough, hard working in his cat school, she said.
We did a lot of it with him.
Once basic cat behaviors were in place, Dowling coached the performers on their individual characters behavior.
As theCatslore goes, each Jellicle cat has a distinct personality, which Dowling wanted the actors to embrace.
Whats amazing about cats is how unpredictable they are, Dowling.
Not every day till 5, but every day wed check in.
Frankie and Robbie were eating their lunch like a cat in the end.
Dowling went to Judi Denchs house with Tom Hooper to teach cat school there.
She came in very equipped to be the most slinky, sultry, sexy feline in the room.
How Does a Jellicle Cat on Two Legs?
Some two-legged movement was simply an inevitability.
(As Jason Deruloput it: Were not just regular cats, were cat people.)
It was really wild to see our tails for the first time, Fairchild said.
