Voor de Cats-verfilming van Tom Hooper (Les Misérables) werd gebruikt gemaakt van “digital fur technology” om de huid van acteurs als Taylor Swift (zie foto), Jennifer Hudson en Idris Elba te vervangen door een kattenvacht.

Het resultaat was voor het eerst te zien in de pas geloste trailer en heeft voor verwarring en afgrijzen gezorgd bij de filmpers en sterren zoals Us-regisseur Jordan Peele. Een greep uit de reacties:

https://twitter.com/katerbland/status/1151973326698504194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/ADuralde/status/1151966164664238080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

I don't know why you're all freaking out over miniature yet huge cats with human celebrity faces and sexy breasts performing a demented dream ballet for kids.

— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) July 18, 2019

The digital fur technology in CATS… chef's kiss

The digital face replacement in CATS… clearly done by somebody who just learned to place the names of his favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! characters onto the Obama meet-and-greet video from Key & Peele

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) July 18, 2019

The first trailer for #CatsMovie is appropriately terrifying and insane, like a drug-induced nightmare made real. I can't wait! via @Forbes by @ScottMendelson
(link: https://t.co/86rayyLgOY) https://t.co/OGcWeeJzBv pic.twitter.com/dW1VDXREQ5

— Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) July 18, 2019

My thoughts on the #CatsMovie trailer:

Oof this cast is so haphazard.

I forgot Jason Derulo was in this too…

I really wish I saw the Broadway show because I can't make heads or tails of what is even going on in this trailer.

— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) July 18, 2019

https://twitter.com/scottEweinberg/status/1151972003668201472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Do not watch the CATS the movie trailer! It is created by Russians who are stealing people's faces and putting them on cats!!

— Alex Zalben (@azalben) July 18, 2019

I DONT KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT ANY OF THIS #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/MxLdObyeEd

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) July 18, 2019

thank god CATS the movie has stayed true to CATS the musical and made the cats extremely sexual pic.twitter.com/ld4v1JgtQH

— Jackson McHenry (@McHenryJD) July 18, 2019

‘Digital fur technology’ #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/WhAPSiFH9g

— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) July 18, 2019

trying to identify the most upsetting frame from the new CATS trailer and this might be it pic.twitter.com/506eakNhFo

— priscilla page (@BBW_BFF) July 18, 2019

Yes. https://t.co/xyittLIaA9

— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) July 19, 2019

I’ve looked at a lot of cats in my life and I’ve never seen one with a tail coming out of its ass pic.twitter.com/XnskEXjZax

— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) July 18, 2019

The 'Cats' trailer but with the 'Annihilation' score pic.twitter.com/MIFUsjylzR

— Bob Marshall (@bobmarshall) July 18, 2019

Bron: IndieWire