LES MISERABLES - the movie musical - 2012 — Page 4

For the roles of Enjolras, Marius, Eponine, Cosette and all the students I am now thinking they should cast actors who are between the ages of 17-29 (because that would give them some sort of youthfulness which I think is important for those roles) and at the same time have solid singing voices.

Cosette should have a solid youthful sounding soprano singing voice and aged 17-mid 20s and should be portrayed as a more likable three dimensional character instead of the whiny poor little rich girl that she had been portrayed for a long time

Eponine should have a solid youthful belty singing voice with a sort of raspy quality and aged 17-late 20s and I think she should be a little older than Cosette so that way it would be like the original stories of "Cinderella" and "Beauty and the Beast" where you have the older girl ganging up on the youngest which is very juicey and show Young Eponine abusing Young Cosette by sticking her tougue out or pushing her.

I don't personally consider Matt Morrison to be good looking enough for him to be an Enjolras I'd like. I like 'em HOT.



I mean, I'd totally join the revolution if HE was giving all the orders.

Updated On: 11/17/09 at 03:22 PM

I definitely find Matt Morrison attractive (remember Piazza and South Pacific) :)
Plus he is rising as a household name thanks to Glee with lots of teen girls and women finding him attractive..


What are people's thoughts on casting the guy who plays Finn from Glee in this movie?

Okay I modified my dream cast just a tad.

Jean Valjean-Hugh Jackman
Javert-Daniel Day-Lewis
Fantine-Kiera Knightly
Madame-Thenardier-Megan Mullally
Thenardier-John C. Reily
Enjolras-Josh Groban
Marius-Drew Seeley (don't kick me for this)
Eponine-Lea Michele (DUH!)
Cosette-an unknown

sporkgoddess, that really doesn't matter...

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Why does Enjolras have to be that good-looking? It's not like he has any love interests in the show...

Edit: Just realized that my logic was totally incorrect. Allow me instead then to object to Keira Knightley because I can't stand her acting.

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Updated On: 11/16/09 at 11:45 PM

And he DOES have a very thinly veiled boyfriend, after all. That's not even subtext.

Surely, Jean Valjean,who dies at the end of the play aged 65, Colm Wilkinson is still within range of being able to play him on film. Personally I can think of none finer either.

Philip Quast would also make a fine screen version of the character he played so excellently on stage.

I think really only Colm has the power to bring life into the character on screen, and along side him Anthony Head, Alan Rickman, or Philip Quast are fine for Javert.


In fact this is my casting...

Jean Valjean - Colm WIlkinson (the definitive, and not too old for the role,? as jean dies at 65 in the book)
Javert - Philip Quast (PERFECT)
Bishop - Christopher Lee
Cosette - Anne Hathaway or Emmy Rossum
Marius - Jamie Campbell Bower
Thenadiers - Jennifer Saunders and Alun Armstrong
Enjolras - Gerard Butler
Fantine - Helena Bonham Carter

I was going to write up what was wrong with most of those choices, but instead I'll just say: No.

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Colm Wilkinson is too *stagey* for the screen. I rewatched certain parts of the 10th Anniversary DVD over the weekend, and his eyebrows were doing some crazy things each time he sang. It was quite comical, and I don't think you want your audience to laugh during "Bring Him Home." Also, he sounds like Sean Connery when he sings (the way he pronounces certain vowels, and the "shhh" sound he makes when saying his S's), which is just annoying.

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He may die at 65 but he doesn't spend that bulk of the show at age 65.

Actually, he does, Phyllis. The prologue and the Montreuil-sur-Mer/Montfermeil scenes all take place in just under an hour. The Paris 1832 sequence is the rest of the show.

But, you're right, Colm is 65 himself already and he wouldn't be able to pull off the younger scenes convincingly.

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