NewsPHOTO ARCHIVE: Les Misérables Over the YearsThe film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will hit theatres in a wide release Dec. 25. In anticipation of the big premiere, Playbill.com looks back at the at the original Broadway and London companies and some notable alumni.
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Matthew Blank
November 19, 2012
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As previously reported, the principal cast of the film directed by Academy Award winner Tim Hooper ("The King's Speech," "John Adams") includes Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean; Russell Crowe as Javert; Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway as Fantine; Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thenardier; Amanda Seyfried as Cosette; Eddie Redmayne as Marius; Samantha Barks as Eponine; Aaron Tveit as Enjolras; and George Blagden as student Grantaire.
Original stage Valjean, Colm Wilkinson, plays the pivotal role of the Bishop of Digne in the picture. Tony Award winner Frances Ruffelle, the original Eponine in London and on Broadway, also makes an appearance in the film.
Les Misérables producer Cameron Mackintosh previously confirmed that the film version of the epic Victor Hugo-inspired musical, with songs by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer, features a new song for hero Jean Valjean, and vocals for the film were sung live rather than dubbed. Read more about it here. William Nicholson ("Gladiator," "Nell," "Shadowlands") penned the screenplay.
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Frances Ruffelle as Eponine, Roger Allam as Javert, Sue Jane Tanner as Madame Thenardier, Patti LuPone as Fantine, Colm Wilkinson as Valjean and Rebecca Caine as Cosette
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Patti LuPone
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Betsy Joslyn and Nick Wyman on Broadway
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Terrence Mann in the original Broadway cast
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Michael Maguire as Enjolras
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Donna Vivino in Les Misérables
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Randy Graff in Les Misérables
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Braden Danner in the original Broadway cast
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Colm Wilkinson as Valjean on Broadway
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Leo Burmester and cast on Broadway
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John Dewar, Paul Harman, Frances Ruffelle, Colm Wilkinson, Randy Graff and (seated) David Bryant and Judy Kuhn in the original Broadway cast
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Norman Large as Javert
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Gary Morris as Valjean on Broadway
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Anthony Crivello as Grantaire on Broadway
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Ed Dixon and Jennifer Butt on Broadway
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Mark McKerracher and Richard Kinsey on Broadway
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Timothy Shew and Tobi Foster on Broadway
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Dave Clemmons and Chuck Wagner
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Chuck Wagner
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Robert Cuccioli as Javert on Broadway
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Tom Zemon and Maureen Moore on Broadway
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Lea Michele as Young Cosette on Broadway
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Deborah Gibson as Eponine on Broadway
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Alicia Morton as Young Cosette
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Florence Lacey as Fantine on Broadway
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Rachel York as Fantine
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Eric Kunze as Marius
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Ray Walker and Tracy Shayne on Broadway
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Ray Walker as Marius and Natalie Toro as Eponine on Broadway
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Jessica Boevers and Peter Lockyer on Broadway
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Ron Bohmer as Enjolras on Broadway
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Peter Lockyer and Sarah Uriarte Berry on Broadway
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Sarah Uriarte Berry as Eponine on Broadway
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Stephen R. Buntrock, Jeffrey Scott Watkins, Christopher Innvar and John Capes on Broadway