Lights, camera, let’s go… Everything is ready to shoot so that the TV shoot is done as it should be and the moments are captured in every detail. The cameramen are in place, the director’s instructions are clear and the lead actor – more often than not, cooperative and efficient.

It is not a frame with a famous actor, but with the famous one catfrom Neapoli Thessalonikistarring in videos that drive Instagram and TikTok users crazy.

THE Simba is the first cat …influencer of our country and among the most recognizable cats worldwide on popular social networking platforms, with millions of views on his stories.

“Thoughts of a cat” is the video at the top of Instagram, which is not a simple matter at all, as the cat’s manager, Maria Sosanoglou, owner of an advertising company in Thessaloniki, explains, noting that this particular video has already exceeded five millions of views. Yes, Simba has an agent who has taken over his social media promotion, with online friends multiplying day by day, sightings in the “red” and …adventures of the Neapolitan cat going around the world .

“In this particular video, within a few minutes Simba reveals his most hidden thoughts, which are none other than when he will eat, what he will eat, when he will sleep and when he will play. In the scenes you can see the well-known thought bubbles, where our kitty wonders about what he loves to do in his daily life”, notes Mrs. Sosanoglou.

Simba is used to being in the limelight and it seems from his behavior that he enjoys being photographed as he gets close to the camera and often … plays with the lens. Of course, as a true cat, he also loves sleeping and snuggling, so there were cases when the shots were marathons. “We have spent up to two and a half hours waiting for him to charge his “batteries”. At other times, the filming can suddenly stop because quite simply our famous cat falls asleep and we look for him in the corners, where he has tucked himself in to…relax. He is definitely the most famous sleeper and it goes without saying that we always wait for him to wake up and we never spoil his siesta because under no circumstances do we want him to feel pressured or suffer,” notes Mrs. Sosanoglou.

The Neapolitan cat is 2.5 years old and already his fame has spread from one end of the world to the other. In fact, if he is chosen for the role – he is among the cat candidates for film production – he may even move to America for a while as, as his manager says, he has also received offers from film productions to become the next TV cat known for his wit and antics worldwide.

In the last few days, filming has also started for his new video, entitled “Simba is a flower eater”, where scenes are recorded with the beautiful cat playing with the flowers, which he likes very much. After all, he has been living with them in his space since he was born and spends hours with the bouquets and pots, since his guardian loves them and they are always in the house. The cat’s exploits also have a great impact on the youth and he even makes a splash as a singer with his “performance”. With the help of editing and technology, he “interprets” popular songs with …teased lyrics. In fact, this time he is looking for his Pavlovina, as is the title of his latest hit.

At the cat festival, held a few days ago in Thessaloniki, Simba added another award to his collection in the competition, that of “the most well-behaved domestic cat in the world” and his guardians, Konstantinos Zaoudas and his wife, they are very proud of the distinction as they first got and cared for a cat in their home – they love cats and cared for strays before Simba came into the family. For the first time it seems that they succeeded famously, after they came out the best in taking care of their cat, leaving behind dozens of other contestants from all over the world.