Eddie Redmayne Joins Les Miserables Movie

[Fan2]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:08pm

>>>EXCLUSIVE: Hot off My Week With Marilyn, Eddie Redmayne has been set to play the role of Marius in Les Miserables, the Tom Hooper-directed musical for Universal Pictures that stars Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Inspector Javert and Anne Hathaway as Fantine. Universal has set the Working Title-produced musical for release in the center of next year’s Oscar race with a December 7, 2012 date. Cameron Mackintosh is producing with Working Title’s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Debra Hayward. William Nicholson wrote the script and the music is by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil.

Redmayne, whose starring role opposite Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn has put him in the Oscar discussion, won a Tony Award for Red and he is preparing to star in Richard II, which is Michael Grandage’s farewell production as artistic director of Donmar Warehouse. Redmayne, who also recently wrapped the Derick Martini-directed Hick alongside Chloe Moretz and Blake Lively, is repped by CAA, manager Gene Parseghian and United Agents in the UK.<<
Eddie Redmayne Joins Les Mis

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:11pm

Ginger Marius...oh.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:15pm

I was just coming to post this. I was beat to the punch.

Don't forget aasjb4ever, he doesn't have to be ginger in the movie.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:18pm

Ugh! The red(dish) hair doesn't bother me a bit, but I've always found him to be completely creepy and psychotic-looking. THAT bothers me in a romantic lead.

[sueb1863]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:20pm

Can he even sing?

I've never heard of him, and from the brief biographies I've found, he's an actor and a model but doesn't seem to have *any* singing experience at all. Or does he?

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:22pm

Really? I always found him rather attractive. He has that unique, not too Hollywood look to him. You are right though, he is not the standard romantic lead type.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:24pm

He's a good actor. At least he was in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and The Other Boleyn Girl.

He's just way too "Norman Bates" for me.

And he'll be 30 in January. I thought they'd go younger for Marius.

Updated On: 11/1/11 at 02:24 PM

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:24pm

Guess you missed when he won a Tony Award for Red, sueb?

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:27pm

Creeeeeeepy ...

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:29pm

That's a terrible picture of him. He's unconventionally attractive. I don't get the serial killer vibe from him.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:32pm

Better?



Sure, you can catch him at a good angle in still photos, but have you seen him in movies? He looks more like these shots.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:38pm

He is "British attractive". LOL He does look a bit younger than 30. I figured their student uprising would be lead by the 15-30 age group for the movie. I expected casting of Marius to be closer to 20.

[Fan2]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:40pm

Here's a Q&A at Broadway.com when he won his Tony Award.

Tony Interview

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:44pm

I expected someone closer to 20 as well. Makes me wonder how they'll go with Cosette.

On the positive side, he IS a good actor ... Maybe his talent will win me over.

I sure hope he can sing.

EDIT: And better than just reading the Tony interview, here's his acceptance speech at the ceremony. I'm assuming he screen-tested for Marius, so maybe he's growing into his looks a little more (at 30).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fSr_kfaWrE

Updated On: 11/1/11 at 02:44 PM

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:59pm

Not complaining about anything. He and Lucy Hale will be an awesome pair.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 2:59pm

Well, this is the first bit of authentically exciting casting news for this movie so far. I, for one, think he's absolutely gorgeous and found him completely captivating in RED. Well-suited!

[peachesr]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 3:03pm

It's really left-field casting and he was never on my radar for this role but I love it. He's an incredibly talented actor, looks much younger than his age and presumably, if he's got the role, then he can sing, he certainly has a wonderful speaking voice (can;t wait to see him in Richard II at the Donmar). I don't think for a second in this day and age they would even consider casting someone who couldn't sing, I mean pulling a Marni Nixon nowadays just wouldn't wash with the public, surely the'd feel like they were being cheated.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 3:04pm

I agree that 30 is too old for Marius, but maybe he reads younger.

peachesr: They cast people who can't sing all of the time in modern musical movies.

Updated On: 11/1/11 at 03:04 PM

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 3:06pm

Count me in the glad for the unconventional choice route. The casting was starting to feel a little Hollywood glam.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 3:10pm

He definitely reads younger, potentially significantly so.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 3:13pm

No, it's not a better picture of him. They're both horrible. But he's a good looking guy and fit the romantic lead very well in Pillars of the Earth opposite Hailey Atwell.

[Fan2]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 3:28pm

Here's his IMDB page, with a not-so-bad photo.
IMDB Info

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 3:45pm

What an odd choice. The casting of him and Helena Bonham Carter are starting to deflate my enthusiasm for this film. But I'll try and keep an open mind and hope I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Updated On: 11/1/11 at 03:45 PM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 4:02pm

Creepy?
Yes, but in a good way.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 11/1/11 at 4:10pm

"Not complaining about anything. He and Lucy Hale will be an awesome pair."

Do we have any confirmation that Hale will be doing the film?