Tom Hooper directing 'Les Miserables' film — Page 7

"It had better not be Taylor Swift who gets Eponine, that's all I'll say..."

I hope it's not Lea Michele. Good voice, but overrated as an actress.

They can still tweak and finesse the audio when sung live/recorded on set; AutoTune can still/will be used when not recorded in a studio.

I sure hope so. It's weird that we've only heard about five roles definitely being cast so far and the project was announced well over a year ago. All the other names are only rumors or "in talks".

Either they're keeping most of the cast a secret, or they're having problems getting the actors they want. Helena Bonham Carter has been "in talks" for Madame Thenardier for months now. You'd think by now she'd either be hired or passed over for someone else.

If they don't wrap this up soon, Jackman won't be available anymore (he's filming Wolverine starting this summer), and without Jackman there isn't going to be a movie.

I still say everything is on track and they just haven't announced things to the public.

Ah, I found it. He apparently has a separate website from his record label.

Already thinking about ideas for his next album and with a film to shoot next year, he’s certainly not one for hanging around.
http://www.raminofficial.com/gb/biography/

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Why would they offer her the role if they were auditioning unknowns!!!???

More news!!!
Taylor Swift offered Eponine

We don't know when the actress playing Cosette will need to be available to film her scenes. Who knws she may not need to be available until April if filming starts in March. We'll just have to wait for official confirmation for all of this. I remember reading a post at IMDB that said Hooper was "working with" Swift so this can possibly be true.

What is "twitchfilm.com?"

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I'm skeptical about swift too but the producers and Tom Hooper must have found something in her voice and ability that screamed Eponine.

well we will have to wait until an official statement comes.

More info from Hugh, in a story about his one-man show and starting TropFest in NYC:

*You’re starting rehearsals for the movie adaptation of Les Miz later this month. I read that there are going to be no prerecorded songs — that you’ll be singing live on the set. Is that true?

Yes, I believe we are going to be singing live. We will obviously have to do a safety prerecord, because when you’re singing you’ve got to have all the music in your ear, and I’m guessing also for quality of sound for the soundtrack. And sometimes when you film there are noises — smoke machines, things like that — where the actual sound on set may not be usable. But most of it we’re going to be singing live, which for something like Les Miserables is essential. You don’t want it to feel like it’s all done in a recording studio, nor do you want it to look like the actors are miming the whole thing. I wouldn’t know how to do that. I think it would take more work to mime it than to sing it.

*Les Miz is such a beloved show. Does that add pressure? Or make you more motivated?

More motivated. I auditioned. I went hard for the part. I wasn’t sitting back waiting for this one. This is one I really wanted. I feel, weirdly, that all the things in my life — particularly my professional life, which has been close to twenty years — have been converging to this point. I feel very lucky and blessed to have been in movies, and I feel lucky and blessed to have been in musicals. I’ve been waiting a long time to combine the two, and to be able to do it with something like Les Miserables, it just feels like a pinnacle.

*Do you remember the first time you saw Les Miz?

Yes, I saw it in Australia for the first time, actually. A mate of mine was in it and I was completely blown away. I’ve seen it three times now, not including the PBS specials. Actually, the very first song I used as an audition piece was “Stars” from Javert. It wasn’t right for the musical — I was auditioning for Beauty and the Beast so they were like, “Why are you singing ‘Stars’?” But I was coming out of acting school and my acting teacher had made me sing that one song, so it was the only thing I had music to.

*What about the physical transformation? Jean Valjean changes so much during the show.

Well, it’s an eighteen-year span, so he’ll go through a transformation during the film, but when we start he is in a labor camp. He’s described as a “great ox of a man,” so as [director] Tom [Hooper] says, “I don’t want pecks, I don’t want you to look like you’ve been to the gym, I want you to look like you’ve been hauling ropes to get ships into the shipyard.” I’m literally starting training in a half-hour. I’m about to go into a whole lot of squats and pulling ropes and pulling myself up ropes. At the same time, I don’t get to eat any fun stuff because he wants me to be lean in the face like I’ve been in a labor camp. But then he gets rich and goes to pot, so that part will be fun.<<



Jackman Gives More Info

Link?

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