Taylor Swift’s ‘Les Misérables’ Audition Was a ’Nightmare’

[BETTY22]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 5:16pm

Can you imagine turning down a star as big as Taylor Swift because she wasn't right for the part?

What brave producers.........

 

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/taylor-swifts-les-miserables-audition-was-a-nightmare-when-i-met-eddie-redmayne-i-didnt-open-my-mouth-to-speak-1235417130/

[pmensky]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 5:29pm

BETTY22 said: "Can you imagine turning down a star as big as Taylor Swift because she wasn't right for the part?

What brave producers.........



https://variety.com/2022/film/news/taylor-swifts-les-miserables-audition-was-a-nightmare-when-i-met-eddie-redmayne-i-didnt-open-my-mouth-to-speak-1235417130/"

Yeah, and Samantha Barks was as bland and unimpressive as the entire movie. So much so that they replaced her with the Bishop in the finale, because they needed some semblance of an emotional impact, and they figured they”d get more of that using Colm instead of her.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 5:56pm

To be fair, when Swift auditioned, she was NOWHERE near as famous as she is now.

[LukeDAP2]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 6:00pm

“I had the range vocally of Éponine”

 

Not trying to be shady here, I genuinely don’t follow nor listen to Taylor Swift… does she really have the range for Éponine?

[blaxx]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 6:04pm

LukeDAP2 said: "“I had the range vocally of Éponine”



Not trying to be shady here, I genuinely don’t follow nor listen to Taylor Swift… does she really have the range for Éponine?"

Definitely on par with the rest of the cast.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 7:42pm

n2nbaby said: "To be fair, when Swift auditioned, she was NOWHERE near as famous as she is now."

I mean, she was topping the charts as early as 2006, and was a pretty recognizable major star by the time she released her second album in 2008. One could argue that her fame continued to grow, but it’s not like she wasn’t already incredibly famous. 

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 8:19pm

TheGingerBreadMan said: "n2nbaby said: "To be fair, when Swift auditioned, she was NOWHERE near as famous as she is now."

I mean, she was topping the charts as early as 2006, and was a pretty recognizable major star by the time she released her second album in 2008. One could argue that her fame continued to grow, but it’s not like she wasn’t already incredibly famous."

I never said she wasn’t famous, she was just nothing like the name that she is now.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 9:14pm

I mean…you’re right, she wasn’t as huge as she is right now, but she WAS selling out stadiums across the country. So she was pretty huge.

 

I don’t know if it’s “brave” to turn her down. They didn’t know if she could act, and it sounds like the audition went poorly. With someone that famous who’s not known for acting, if she didn’t mail it she could become a distraction from telling the story. But to be honest it sounds like they didn’t set her up for success. A screen test where she’s in full costume and makeup but Redmayne is in regular clothes? I’d feel weird too…especially if I hadn’t acted much before. 

[Laurapattifan]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 9:32pm

The movie came out in 2012 a few months after her album RED came out which truly cemented her as a force. She did have 6 Grammys at the time though. 2014 was when she achieved full superstardom. 

[inception]

Posted: 10/29/22 at 1:18pm

Everyone is focusing on the negative in the article,  and no one I'd focusing on the positive at the end:

"she’d later get a chance to star in another Hooper-directed movie musical: a supporting role in “Cats.”"

[binau]

Posted: 10/29/22 at 2:00pm

inception said: "Everyone is focusing on the negative in the article, and no one I'd focusing on the positive at the end:

"she’d later get a chance to star in another Hooper-directed movie musical: a supporting role in “Cats.”""

Is that really a positive thing?? Haha

[David10086]

Posted: 10/29/22 at 4:59pm

Maybe more producers should be 'that brave' when casting big names for their movies. 

 

They should have been brave and dropped Lucille Ball from "Mame",  Liz Taylor from "A Little Night Music"...I'm sure there are more. 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 10/29/22 at 7:27pm

BroadwayGirl107 said: "But to be honest it sounds like they didn’t set her up for success. A screen test where she’s in full costume and makeup but Redmayne is in regular clothes? I’d feel weird too…especially if I hadn’t acted much before."

This. Keep Hooper away from musicals. And why were they considering her for both Eponine and Cosette??

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 10/29/22 at 9:41pm

She clearly didn’t help the Cats box office so it’s sort of a win win I guess? They were clearly going for Oscar gold with Les Miz 

[Ke3]

Posted: 10/30/22 at 1:20am

VintageSnarker said: "BroadwayGirl107 said: "But to be honest it sounds like they didn’t set her up for success. A screen test where she’s in full costume and makeup but Redmayne is in regular clothes? I’d feel weird too…especially if I hadn’t acted much before."

This. Keep Hooper away from musicals. And why were they considering her for both Eponine and Cosette??"

As she mentions in the full quote, she has the look of a Cosette aesthetically, but her voice would not fit that track. So they also considered her for Eponine. Although the idea that her voice "fits" that role is laughable. Taylor is not a very good singer but unlike many other bad singers, she doesn't often tackle things outside of her vocal abilities.