{
  "id": 15764256,
  "title": "Judi Dench Laments “Waste Of Goodwill & Talent” In ‘Cats’: “Oh God, I Can’t Bear It”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/judi-dench-laments-waste-of-goodwill-talent-in-cats-oh-god-i-cant",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T16:20:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/judi-dench-cats-waste-of-goodwill-talent-1237168608/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Seven years have passed since Cats, but the spectacular musical flop still makes Judi Dench cringe. Writing in her new memoir, Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?, the Oscar-winner lamented the “waste” of “goodwill and talent” on Tom Hooper’s 2019 adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage show. Dench says she has […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Judi Dench Says Panned ‘Cats’ Film Was a ‘Waste’ of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Goodwill and Talent’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/judi-dench-says-panned-cats-film-was-a-waste-of-andrew-lloyd-webbers",
        "published": "2026-10-20T02:53:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}