Showbiz Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber says he was so traumatised by the movie adaptation of his musical Cats that he got a therapy dog. Despite boasting an all-star cast with names such as Dame Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Sir Ian McKellan,
James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Jennifer Hudson and
Taylor Swift, Cats was a
box office disaster and won six Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, at the annual ceremony which honours the worst of cinematic failures. It’s unsurprising therefore that the 76-year-old legendary composer and impresario chose a canine over a feline for a new pet. “There wasn’t really any understanding of why the
music ticked at all. I saw it and I just thought, ‘Oh, God, no’, “It was the first time in my 70-odd years on this planet that I went out and bought a dog. So the one good thing to come out of it is my little Havanese puppy,” he told Variety. The Phantom of the Opera hit-maker also successfully used the Tom Hooper-directed flop as an excuse to have his pup travel with him on a flight once. “I wrote off and said that I needed him with me at all times because I’m emotionally damaged and I must have this therapy dog,” he explained to the publication. “The airline wrote back and said, ‘Can you prove that you really need him?’ And I said ‘Yes, just see what
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