Photo: Kerry Hayes / © Paramount / courtesy Everett Collection
Leo the cat, who played Church in this year’sPet Semataryremake, died mysteriously just weeks after the film’s release, his trainer Kirk Jarrett announced on Thursday.
Jarrett adopted Leo after filming ended for the remake of the 1989 horror classic, which was on released April 5.
Leo was one of four Maine Coon cats to play Church in thePet Semataryreboot, however it was Leo’s face that was used for all of the film’s posters.
His trainer for the film spoke about the famous feline ina recent interviewwith the AV Club, telling them that “Leo is a confident sit-stay cat. His role is as the undead Church; that was his whole purpose, to be the poster child. The cat you see all across the different platforms, and in the trailer, almost any time he’s in in the undead makeup—that was Leo.”
Kerry Hayes / © Paramount / courtesy Everett Collection
Leo’s cause of death has yet to be announced, but the timing of it certainly raises some hairs.
source: people.com
