Since the early days of Hollywood, dogs have taken centre stage, from the silent movie stars Strongheart and Rin Tin Tin to the heroic tv exploits of Lassie and the efficiency of Messi in Anatomy of a Fall that was deemed worthy of an invite to the Oscars.
Cats have struggled to determine the identical foothold within the trade — till now.
Felines have landed a sequence of huge roles in Hollywood in recent months, together with a Scottish fold who seems within the spy comedy Argylle, a Maine coon with a starring function in Netflix’s Ripley and an orange tabby from the superhero film The Marvels.
Claudia Schiffer and Chip the cat on the premiere of Argylle
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Traditionally, producers have been cautious of cats as they’re thought of mercurial and troublesome to regulate, particularly