Dench was originally set to play Grizabella in the original West End production in 1981, but a snapped Achilles’ tendon forced her to back down.
Deadline is reporting that Academy-award winning actress Judi Dench has joined the cast of Tom Hooper’s Universal-Working Title adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats.
Jennifer Hudson is headlining the cast of Cats as Grizabella, the former Glamour Cat, with Idris Elba playing the villainous Macavity.