Amanda Seyfried Talks Playing Cosette In 'Les Miserables'

They should have gotten Jenny Galloway to play Madame Thénardier. She was fabulous in the 10th & 25th anniversary as her. Pity Colm Wilkinson is too old to play Valjean.

She trained for FOUR WHOLE MONTHS ! Well, what are we worried about ? I tap danced as a child too but does that mean I should be on Broadway or in a film musical now ? Of course not ! I really don't know how this girl gets any work at all when I know plenty of pretty,talented girls who are waiting tables and can't even get an audition. More than likely she is related to someone in Hollywood who has paved her way because she certainly hasn't earned it. Did she even have a song in "Mama Mia" (which I only watched for Meryl Streep and turned off halfway through) other than the one over the credits ? She has an annoying attitude of entitlement. Perhaps if they could just do something about that "alien from another planet" face of hers .
To begin with, she's a bit long in the tooth for the role and Fantine and Cosette should resemble one another. Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman should switch roles because I couldn't feel sympathy for Hugh Jackman for money. When will they learn that stage musicals do not transfer well to film. They do not have the crossover talent pool that they had in the studio days, the audience does not crossover and Andrew Lloyd Webber has not had a successful film version of ONE of his shows so why would anyone else expect to ? Just reading the cast list, I know I will never see this film and I loved the stage productions and concert versions so WHO will this appeal to ? And are Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman attached at the hip or something ?

This is film, not musical theatre! It is a dramatic tale and needs actors with excellent acting chops, with singing ability for compelling character portrayalss. This is not meant to be a concert - it is dramatic storytelling, set to music! I think they have chosen the cast well!

i don't understand why a main role in a classical broadway stage play be given to somebody who's not even a classical singer? to have a background in opera when she was still a teenager is WAY DIFFERENT than someone who really are REAL classical theatre actors/actresses. it just won't give justice to Les Miserables!

Loved her in Letters to Juliet!!

A - freaking - MAZING. I cannot wait.

she's a talentless kiss of death. There won't be ten people who go to see this.

Not real thrilled with the casting. Jackman should be okay, but why not Lea Salonga, or Jonathan Pryce or or or or....