NO. No, no, no, no, no. Just no.

FutureMrsTR

Taylor Swift as Eponine in a Les Mis movie?  NO.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/les-miserable-movie-taylor-swift-amanda-seyfried_n_1182963.html?igoogle=1

Disappointing.

dumdumfroggie

That's awful....

So wrong.

J&K10910

Wow.  No thanks. 

aragx6

Wow. That is extraordinarily disappointing to me.

midgetthemighty

I'll still see it because Hugh Jackman is Jean but that makes me sad.

J&K10910

I LOVE Amanda Seyfried though.  Ugh.

achiduck

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[QUOTE]I LOVE Amanda Seyfried though.  Ugh.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

Me too. She has a beautiful voice.

Pass on TS though.

NOLAbridealmost

It's actually perfect.....Taylor Swift made a name for herself singing "woe is me" songs about guys.....On My Own is right up her alley.

FutureMrsTR

I don't see Hugh Jackman as Valjean.  He's not...I don't know...big enough.?  Old enough?  I'm not sure what the problem is in my mind.  I picture Valjean very Sean Connery-like.  But I do love me some Hugh Jackman.  I'd love to see it, but I really think I'd be too pissed about TS.  I keep the soundtrack in my cd changer in the car, that's how often I listen to it.

froggatt.clare

What.  No effing way.  She's too clean and pretty for Eponine.  I always pictured her as a brunette who was a little on the mousey side, but still cute enough for you to root for.

Curse you, Hollywood.

Girlie1030

I may need this for an Irrational Irritation thread later on, except I think it's totally rational. 

Natrasha

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[QUOTE]I don't see Hugh Jackman as Valjean.  He's not...I don't know...big enough.?  Old enough?  I'm not sure what the problem is in my mind.  I picture Valjean very Sean Connery-like.  But I do love me some Hugh Jackman.  I'd love to see it, but I really think I'd be too pissed about TS.  I keep the soundtrack in my cd changer in the car, that's how often I listen to it.
Posted by FutureMrsTR[/QUOTE]

I totally see Valjean as Sean Connery-like! But I have high hopes for Jackman because he is very talented and Valjean ages like, 30 years over the course of the show. So he can't look too old in his "young" years.
I don't see Taylor Swift as having the emotional depth to play Eponine. Her "woe is me" songs just don't seem real enough to me. I like her well enough, but I would have wanted someone less "fluffy."

Les Mis is my favorite musical EVAR and I was totally Mme Thenardier in my high school's production.

froggatt.clare

omg Natrasha, once I got over my middle school uber-romantic self, Mme. Thenardier was totally my fave, and I always wanted to play her!

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[QUOTE]That girl really cannot sing.
Posted by crfb87[/QUOTE]
Agreed. She seems like a nice girl, and I can dig that she writes her own music, at least. But her singing? peeeeeee-yewwwwww

avsfan33

I don't really find she can act either. She was really bad in Valentine's Day.

gundy21

This is so wrong.....

AdeleDazeem

I love Les Mis.  I love Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Jackman, and even Anne Hathaway.  But... I'm not in to this movie.  Gimme Colm Wilkinson.

EDIT: Wait, Russel Crowe as Javert?

RamonaFlowers

Oh, this makes me sad. 

froggatt.clare

I didn't realize that Amanda Seyfried was a classically trained opera singer.  That's pretty sweet. 

I'm not a huge Glee person so I don't really care about Lea Michelle not getting the part, but she does look more like an Eponine to me.  Will TaySwift dye her hair?

LittleMissCutiePie

So they're going to turn it into an episode of SNL? Because that's the only time I've seen Taylor Swift act (including her music videos) and didn't want to barf.

BrightFirefly

I must be very un-cultured as I know NOTHING about what Les Miserables is about.

MyUserName1

I'm super late to this party, but that gave me the sads as well.

Also, the comment in that article about how Anne Hathaway is only 3 years older than Amanda Seyfried...well, sure.  why not?  Her character dies pretty much immediately after giving birth, so why shouldn't she be the same-ish age as the actor who plays grown up Cosette...

acaponi87

Horrible and so disappointing.

ravenray

Can any of them really sing?  It is a musical not a Hollywood film....  Oh wait never mind.

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]Can any of them really sing?   It is a musical not a Hollywood film....   Oh wait never mind.
Posted by ravenray[/QUOTE]

Yes, Hugh Jackman is a very talented singer and dancer. Watch the Oklahoma with him in it.

MyUserName1

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[QUOTE]Can any of them really sing?   It is a musical not a Hollywood film....   Oh wait never mind.
Posted by ravenray[/QUOTE]

Hugh Jackman is a legit broadway star.  I think Amanda Sigfried has opera training.  She didn't sound terrible in Mamma Mia.