Watching the Cats trailer [1] was a surreal experience, and James Corden has now confirmed that filming the live-action adaptation was just as surreal. The host and actor recently recently took a break from hosting his own late-night talk show to appear as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he spoke about what it was like to portray Bustopher Jones [2] in the trippy musical.
"We had one day, which was me, Taylor Swift [4], Rebel Wilson, Idris Elba, Sir Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench, all shooting a scene together," Corden said. "Now that in itself is quite extraordinary. Then when you add the layer of everybody pretending to be a cat, you really can't help but feel you're on some kind of hallucinogenic." He added, "You really think for a long time, 'Are we being punked? Is this real?'" Watch his incredulous reaction above and check out Cats when it hits theatres on Dec. 20.