But it’s Corden’s ad-libbing during the song “Bustopher Jones” that the musical’s original composer Andrew Lloyd Webber appears to have a problem with.
Cats is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by TS Eliot.
There were many, many things wrong with Tom Hooper’s 2019 Cats film, but one of the most ridiculed performances was James Corden’s as Bustopher Jones.
In reference to the changes, Webber adds he “did manage to get the worst of them removed”.