'Inside Llewyn Davis' Star's Crazy Cat Nightmare?!

The new Coen Bros. movie Inside Llewyn Davis beautifully captures the Greenwich Village folk scene of the '60s, and title star Oscar Isaac says his biggest acting feat was stifling his smile while working alongside the likes of the Coen Bros. and their mainstay John Goodman (who has done six of the filmmakers' projects). Plus, he shares a surprising story about a kitty calamity -- and why he's not very fond of cats!

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The highly anticipated follow-up to True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis said to be loosely based on Dave Van Ronk's memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street and chronicles a week in the life of aimless folk singer Davis looking for love, purpose and a modicum of success.

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In theaters Friday, the film co-stars Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Garrett Hedlund, Girls stars Alex Karpovsky and Adam Driver and F. Murray Abraham.