Video Interview with Amanda Seyfried about Playing Cosette in Les Mis Film

[Fan2]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 4:05pm

Nice interview and tidbits.


Playing Cosette Updated On: 2/14/12 at 04:05 PM

[jpbran]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 5:40pm

Her enthusiasm for the project is awesome. REALLY hoping this whole endeavor comes off well...

[jo]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 5:47pm

From her Mamma Mia! days, she has turned into a real beauty, with a good deal of poise and personality. I think her Cosette will be a little different from the way we have seen her usually portrayed - maybe more colorful and even a little sensual.



Updated On: 2/15/12 at 05:47 PM

[michellek45]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 7:46pm

The way she spoke about knowing that she needed to be trained and that she couldn't just jump right into the part vocally, plus the way she talked about her 20 or so year obsession with this musical, gives me some hope about her singing performance - I think she'll be able to act it just fine.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 1:04am

I also like her attitude re the people like us on the web: "I may not be everyone's favorite, but I am playing the part."

Point taken. I'll live with it.

[pinoyidol2006]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 3:09am

I buy it. But I do wish she sounds like Judy Kuhn.

[mormonophobic]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 3:56am

I've loved Seyfried since she was Lilly Kane on Veronica Mars. I think she'll be great in this and really can't wait for the film to come out. Movie musicals have been so hit or miss as of late that I'm trying to keep my expectations low, but with Hooper and this incredible cast it's a bit difficult not to be psyched.

[Dave19]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:45am

The name of the songs is "One day more". Not "One more day".

So exactly how well does she know the show?

[Fan2]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 6:14am

Well, that's also one of the lines in the song. Or perhaps her tongue just got tied.

[jo]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 6:45am

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One more dawn
One more day
One day more!

[My Oh My]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 7:18am

She'll do just fine as Cosette.

[Dave19]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 10:43am

Ok, I hope she looks forward to the song "and you must never go away" and "I'm awake" too

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 11:22am

This actually makes me more nervous. I'm glad that she received four months of training, but Cosette's part is actually really comfortable for a trained soprano and Amanda Seyfried doesn't sound comfortable.

Updated On: 2/15/12 at 11:22 AM

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 12:00pm

I wish her and the rest of the cast well.

[Justin D]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 12:30pm

I really wish she was around to be cast as Christine in the Phantom movie, I'm sure her voice would be much more pleasant to listen to over Emmy's screatching flatness.

[Fan2]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 9:58am

Amanda gives more info in this interview - sounds like they will be doing English accents:

>>>But make no mistake— she’s relishing this chapter of her career. In April, she starts playing a completely different character from Lovelace— Cosette, the waif in Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” a movie adaptation of one of the most successful musicals.

“I love the idea of playing a porn star turned feminist and then an 18-year-old English woman—well, French, but I’m going to be doing an English accent,” she said. “It’s really confusing. It’s going to be hard. I hope I have let go of the New York accent by the time we start filming. That’s a big concern.”

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Amanda was just as enthusiastic talking about “Les Miserables, which will be directed by Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech”) and which boasts an impressive cast: Hugh Jackman (Jean Valjean), Russell Crowe (Inspector Javert), Anne Hathaway (Fantine), Sacha Baron Cohen (Monsieur Thenardier), Helena Bonham Carter (Madame Thenardier) and Samantha Barks (Eponine).

Dream role

“Cosette is a dream role,” she gushed. “I was playing Cosette in recitals when I was 15. I sang ‘A Heart Full of Love.’ When I first saw ‘Les Miz’ in Philadelphia, I was 11. ‘Les Miz’ could be gruesome but as an 11-year-old, you can still connect to it because of the music. The musical is such a part of why I became a singer. My career is like a really weird circle because now I’m in the hands of Cameron Mackintosh.”

The star stressed that she worked hard to land the role. “We spent months and months of training, auditioning and re-auditioning,” she said. “We fought so hard. We’re really happy.”

When we asked Amanda if the cast would really sing live while shooting the movie, she smiled and said, “Yeah, can you believe it? Singing live is a great idea and I hope it works. It’s weird when you’re acting in a drama and then you start singing. The music works for that. But sometimes when the music is prerecorded and you’re lip-synching, it’s obvious. Tom Hooper doesn’t want any of that. I’m singing and training constantly now that I wrapped my (‘Lovelace’) movie. I have Skype time with my voice coach in New York. I do it every day. I’m also taking a lot of herbs to keep myself healthy because once you lose your voice, you don’t get it back for two or three weeks. It’s a really physical thing.”

The actress who proved her vocal chops in “Mamma Mia!” said, “Getting back into singing has been really tough but it’s awesome. I didn’t lose what I had when I was 15. It’s only gotten better so that’s a plus.”<<<
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