Popsugar Entertainment Cats Movie Cats Movie Cast Side by Side With Their Characters Here's What the Cats Movie Cast Looks Like in and Out of Costume 24 December 2019 by Kelsie Gibson Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Jamie McCarthy Now that Cats is officially out in theatres, people are losing their minds over the crazy transformations. Can you blame them though? Instead of having the stars lend their voices to actual cats (like in Disney's live-action remake of The Lion King), the stars take on a weird mix of human and cat with legs and arms, but also tails and whiskers. It's definitely unsettling to say the least. Curious to know what Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, and more stars look like in cat form, but too afraid to watch the film for yourself? Keep reading to see the cast members side by side with their animal counterparts. Related: 20 Headlines We Almost Wrote About the Cats Trailer Jennifer Hudson as Grizabella Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Axelle/Bauer-Griffin 1 / 15 Ian McKellen as Gus the Theatre Cat Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Taylor Hill 2 / 15 Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Andreas Rentz 3 / 15 Jason Derulo as Rum Tum Tugger Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Matthias Nareyek 4 / 15 Idris Elba as Macavity Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Jeff Spicer 5 / 15 Rebel Wilson as Jennyanydots Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / John Sciulli 6 / 15 James Corden as Bustopher Jones Image Sources: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris and Universal Pictures 7 / 15 Taylor Swift as Bombalurina Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Jamie McCarthy 8 / 15 Laurie Davidson as Mr. Mistoffelees Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Jim Spellman 9 / 15 Francesca Hayward as Victoria Image Sources: Getty / David M. Benett and Universal Pictures 10 / 15 Robert Fairchild as Munkustrap Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Jamie McCarthy 11 / 15 Larry and Laurent Bourgeois as Plato and Socrates Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / ANGELA WEISS 12 / 15 Steven McRae as Skimbleshanks Image Sources: Getty / David M. Benett and Universal Pictures 13 / 15 Zizi Strallen as Tantomile Image Sources: Universal Pictures and Getty / Danny Martindale 14 / 15 Watch the Cats Movie Trailer 15 / 15 Cats MovieMovie CastingMoviesTaylor Swift