Things We Saw Today: We Are Obsessed With Pet Sematary’s Adorable Non-Zombied Feline Stars

I know that Pet Sematary is, in some sense, a cautionary tale about loving your pets too much. (You might miss them, but sometimes dead is better, we know.) But the only thing getting me through this week’s hellish news cycle is pictures of the actual cat who played Church in the remake, and to be honest, I would risk zombification for this cat. Just look at this beautiful lad!

Look at him! He is purrfection.

He and other fancy movie star cats are now the only thing I care about.

Why yes, this cat does have an Instagram account, I’m so glad you asked!

But wait! Leo there wasn’t the only cat to play Church. Meet Tonic!

Apparently, there were five Maine Coons cast to share the role of Church, and all of them were originally shelter cats. By the time the film had wrapped production, all five had found forever homes. The movie’s feline trainer, Melissa Millett, adopted Tonic.

As for that makeup job mentioned in the above tweet, the New York Post writes:

How do you make up a cat? The answer: gradually, and with gunk they can lick off and digest.

For two months, the trainers and a representative from the American Humane Society had what Millett calls “a catnip party” in a dry bathtub, adding one drop of makeup at a time until the cats were comfortable.

Please let me attend a makeup catnip party with these cats. It’s my only dream.

• Some Muller investigators are reportedly saying the actual Mueller Report is far worse for Trump than Barr made it seem, to which the rest of us say … no duh. (via CNN)
• The U.S. is tracking migrant girls’ periods to stop them from getting abortions. They’ve also reportedly used at least one girl to test an “abortion reversal” procedure. This is actual Nazi behavior. (via Harper’s Bazaar)
•  Okay, lighter stuff! The Queer Eye guys joined AOC for a day on Capitol Hill!
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  .@AOC took the cast of @QueerEye on a whirlwind tour of Capitol Hill pic.twitter.com/QAWZ72nJNw

  — NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 4, 2019

• Both New Mutants and Dark Phoenix have been at the center of a years-long game of will they/won’t they. It’s looking like they both will get a theatrical release, ending Fox’s mutant run with a slow fizzle. (via Comic Book Movie)
• Pokemon Go has announced the dates of their next Community Day events. Will you be attending? (via ComicBook.com)
• This is Art.
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  Oathkeeper. #GameofThrones #GoTPremiereNYC pic.twitter.com/v7POeEe35v

  — Game of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) April 4, 2019

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Vivian Kane (she/her) is the Senior News Editor at The Mary Sue, where she's been writing about politics and entertainment (and all the ways in which the two overlap) since the dark days of late 2016. Born in San Francisco and radicalized in Los Angeles, she now lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where she gets to put her MFA to use covering the local theatre scene. She is the co-owner of The Pitch, Kansas City’s alt news and culture magazine, alongside her husband, Brock Wilbur, with whom she also shares many cats.

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