Les Miserables Movie Casting Rumors and Filming Date- Page 5

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/27/11 at 5:10pm

I don't think the Thenardiers should be grandparents. They're younger, sleazier, and opportunistic.

aka, Glenn's too old. (So is Meryl, for that matter.)

[Colle]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 9:59am

I agree about Mark Hamill is good at playing a villain, listening to his voice work on "Avatar the Last Airbender;" he can be chilling. Like others, I am not sure how good his chances are at getting cast as Thenrdier in the movie.

Glad to hear some rumors on casting for other roles. I'll just have to wait and see who gets cast and see the movie to judge.

[sueb1863]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 11:23am

If they're planning to start filming soon, we should be getting some solid casting news in the next week or so. Hopefully they'll be actual casting confirmations and no more rumors, negotiations, speculation, etc.

I love Mark Hamill too but he has no chance at Thenardier. I'm not even sure what his last role before the camera even was, he seems to much prefer voice work these days.

[willep]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 11:33am

You think Close and Streep are too old but not Rush? He is only 2 years younger than Streep.

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 11:51am

Yeah, that's why I said he'd never do it in the movie. I don't even know if he'd do it on stage... but if they do a studio recording of the show at some point, like Jonathan Pryce did The Emcee in the complete Cabaret recording, I'd love to hear Hamill do it.

Although I've also heard rumors he intends to retire "that voice" after fiishing promotional work for Batman: Arkham City, because it's increasingly hard to do, which would put a damper on his Thenardier.

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 12:23pm

Lea Michelle!!!!!!!

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 12:29pm

"You think Close and Streep are too old but not Rush? He is only 2 years younger than Streep."

Yes, welcome to "ancient times" when husbands were usually older than their wives. Sometimes a lot older. But I agree, Rush is pushing it, as far as age. I would prefer they were both a little younger.

EDIT: They're Eponine's parents, too, so they need to be the right age for that.

Updated On: 8/28/11 at 12:29 PM

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 1:31pm

They're also Gavroche's parents. Plus, Thenardier's age has to line up with someone who could have served in the Napoleonic Wars.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 1:34pm

But Meryl played a 40 year old in Mamma Mia!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 1:41pm

Besty is right, I wouldn't be put off by an age difference between the Thenardiers and it is mainly important that Madame Thenardier is younger in terms of being around Eponine's age. Not to mention the fact that the chemistry between her and Rush would be through the roof, I can only imagine the sparks they'd create on camera (their scenes in THE KING'S SPEECH are few but quite great).
Meryl Streep doesn't need to be in this movie, and I say this as a huge fan of hers. Bonham Carter seems ideal for it, IMO.

[michellek45]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 3:23pm

I don't think that Thenardier's age has to line up with Gavroche or the Napoleonic Wars. The fact that he fought in them is never mentioned in the musical, and it's implied when Gavroche is introducing the Thenardiers that he's not related to them in the musical- it would be weird for him to refer to Thenardier as "old Thenardier" instead of "my dad Thenardier" or something. Plus, none of the other pronouns in that verse make sense for a kid talking about his family. That said, I think that Toni Collette would be a great fit for Mme. Thenardier.

[lotiloti]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 3:39pm

I would prefer Matt Doyle for Marius

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 4:18pm

He wears an old uniform, though. I guess it could be implied that he stole it.

[sueb1863]

Posted: 8/28/11 at 4:35pm

Is the set of lines about Thenardier being at Waterloo (picking the pockets of the English dead) still in the show? That's how it's explained there. If those lines are gone, then they might just ditch the Waterloo coat in the movie rather than have the audience confused by it.

[jo]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 7:46pm

It's beginning to look like as if everyone wants to be in this film

The latest rumor from BWW itself is that the Fantine role may go to Anne Hathaway, at the supposed prodding from Hugh Jackman himself. Maybe it is payback time for her Oscars tirade at Hugh ( On My Own) - LOL!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/RIALTO-CHATTER-EXCLUSIVE-Anne-Hathaway-Set-as-Fantine-for-LES-MISERABLES-Film-20110829

[sueb1863]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 7:56pm

Hm - I'd prefer Amy Adams to Hathaway. She can sing but I'm not sure she's got the chops to play the bitter, downtrodden, dying Fantine. She's too juvenile and perky.

[jo]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 8:05pm

From Anne Hathaway's Wikipedia career listings --

>>>Hathaway had dramatic roles in Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, both in 2005. She starred in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and in Becoming Jane (2007) as Jane Austen. In 2008, she was acclaimed for her lead role in Rachel Getting Married, for which she won awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.<<<


Updated On: 8/29/11 at 08:05 PM

[madbrian]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 8:29pm

I'll repeat my suggestion of Hugh Laurie as Thenardier. I wish Kathy Bates were younger, because she'd be my 1st choice for Madame Thenardier.

And yeah, anyone who thinks Hathaway can only play perky should rent Rachel Getting Married.

[sueb1863]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 8:33pm

Point taken! :) Do you guys think she can play Fantine, though?

[jo]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 8:35pm

Of course, unreservedly!

She already had an audition in front of millions and millions of people - the Oscars audience for 2010 - when she did a parody of ON MY OWN, to Hugh Jackman's discomfort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlZ9kAz9Wuc

I am sure she can do justice to I DREAMED A DREAM, too.




Updated On: 8/29/11 at 08:35 PM

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 8:42pm

Anne Hathaway is too bland. And her singing voice is too Disney princess.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 8:45pm

I would far prefer Amy Adams, but I've never been a big fan of Anne Hathaway's singing voice.

[jo]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 8:50pm

>>>And her singing voice is too Disney princess.<<<

Like Lea Salonga who was recently acclaimed as a Disney Legend ? She has sung either Eponine and Fantine onstage and in both Les Mis anniversary concerts, to much acclaim!


Updated On: 8/29/11 at 08:50 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 9:51pm

Hathaway can play dark but casting her as Fantine is so predictable, Rebecca Hall would have been a bolder choice and Amy Adams would have heartbreaking IMO. I do like the idea of Hathaway working with Tom Hooper, we'll see what the final cast turns out to be though.

[rougeduck]

Posted: 8/29/11 at 10:00pm

Is Amy Adams's voice not too disney princess? I would honestly be fine with either. I love how they were both considered for a cameo in the rock of ages movie, both have been a "princess" in a disney movie, and both are playing America's most popular superheros' love interests. It's only fitting that they are both in contention for Fantine.