Now, Dench portrays Old Deuteronomy, a part that has mostly gone to male performers, in the 2019 movie adaptation.
“[It was] nerve-wracking, because all I can hear is [1981 Old Deuteronomy actor] Brian Blessed all the time in the production that I wasn’t able to be in.”
Dame Judi Dench has suggested that her character in Cats is transgender.
I kind of call it trans Deuteronomy is the part for me, you know.