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Is your cat star material? Is he or she mellow enough to relax around a lot of people? How would he react to lights, cameras, action? I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever had a cat that would tolerate being a movie star. Can you imagine taking your cat to a busy Hollywood studio where he would perform in front of a camera? They\u2019d have to film my cats staring out from under a sofa or from inside a closet.<\/p>\n
Yet there are chill<\/em> cats all over the world. We\u2019ve There are some more recent movies with cat cameos and even starring roles\u2014there was Jersey, the tuxedo cat in \u201cCan You Ever Forgive me\u201d (2018) and Church, the part Maine coon cat that played in Stephen King\u2019s 2019 version of \u201cPet Sematary.\u201d<\/p>\n If your cat was in a movie what role do you think he or she could nail? Yeah, both of our cats, Sophie and Olivia would be best at hiding in the closet until all the people were gone. Olivia, however, appears in the latest Klepto Cat Mystery, \u201cCalico Calamities,\u201d and I\u2019m currently working on Book One of Olivia\u2019s Calico Cat Mystery series.\u00a0 “Lights, Camera, Action!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is your cat star material? Is he or she mellow enough to relax around a lot of people? How would he react to lights, cameras, action? I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever had a cat that would tolerate being a movie … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviaglamour-e1601637122968-225x300.jpg\")
reported here on cats who like to go camping, hiking, swimming, flying, boating\u2026 There are cats that act like dogs in that they\u2019re so friendly\u2014well, maybe not quite as friendly as most dogs with the wiggly butt and jumping bean activity upon meeting someone new.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_4514-300x200.jpg\")
We\u2019ve all seen cats in movies and most of us have wondered how in the heck did they get the cat to do that? I\u2019m still in awe of the cat (or I guess the cat and her doubles), who played Sassy the Himalayan, in ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Nyxy2-1-300x169.jpg\")
\u201cHomeward Bound, The Incredible Journey.\u201d You see cats in old Westerns\u2014just strays with small roles, such as General Sterling Price, John Wayne\u2019s cat in \u201cTrue Grit.\u201d<\/p>\n