Benedict Cumberbatch has joined the voice cast for The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
The Avengers: Endgame star joins previously announced Tamsin Greig, David Oyelowo, David Walliams and Paul Whitehouse in the forthcoming Channel 4 animated Christmas special.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled to be playing a small part in bringing Judith Kerr’s timeless children’s classic to the screen for another generation to enjoy,” Cumberbatch said.
Judith Kerr’s classic children’s book of the same name was first published by HarperCollins in 1968. It is about a tiger who arrives unannounced at a family home and proceeds to eat and drink everything in sight.
According to Variety, Cumberbatch will voice the family’s father, Greig the mother, Oyelowo the tiger, Walliams will be the narrator and Whitehouse the milkman.
Oyelowo added, “Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to play the iconic tiger from The Tiger Who Came To Tea? He’s a big cat of few words, because he’s too busy eating! But I relished all of the growling, chomping and slurping, which called on me to find my inner cat.”
