Its not exactly a secret thatTaylor Swiftloves cats.
Swift has signed on as Bombalurina, a female cat who appears throughout the musical.
(Her biggest number is the jazzy Macavity, and ode to Elbas mysterious villain.)
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Shed previously appeared in films likeValentines DayandThe Giver, butCatswould be a whole other, um, beast.
I was like, Are we gonna be in the Lycra catsuits with fur glued to us?
Like, what are we talking about here?
They add digital fur to us, she explains.
Theyre completely human performances.
And its not motion capture.
Its somehow this new way that hasnt been done before.
And theyre giving us a tail that moves naturally, and ears and whiskers.
It was one of the coolest things Ive seen.
I just fully committed and threw myself into the process and had the most fun, she says.
I learned a lot.
Reporting by Alex Suskind.
