Pet Sematarydirector says cats who played Church were a 'pack of divas' on set

kind of animal to portray him.

“The Cat’s name is Church, because [he’s named after] Winston Churchill.

I think they cast that cat because it’s a British cat [for] a British Prime Minister.

And that was a damned good-looking cat!

So, Kevin and I were like, we shouldn’t try and compete with that cat.

That cat is amazing.

We have to do our own thing.

And in the book, it’s a very basic cat.

And we were likethat’sgoing to be our cat.”

But that was just the start of the process.

But these cats, they were able to train them and every cat had a different specialty.

There was the cat that could hiss, the cat that could jump, the cat that could stare…

They were like this pack of divas on set.

So, we just sat there, and watched the cat."

Pet Sematary claws its way into theaters April 5.

Watch the trailer above.