I really want Jane Krakowski to be Fantine. She just looks the part to me and her voice is divine
And let's be realistic, Lea Michelle will be the front runner for Eponine. She played her at the Hollywood Bowl concert and she did pretty well. I know she is not popular on these boards but I like her and I'm sure the producers will want a name for it.
And although a smaller part, and something she has never done before, it would be quite a jolly time to see Meryl Streep as Madame Thenardier haha
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
Now that Tom Wooper has just won the Oscar's Best Director Award, I hope he is given a lot of leeway by the producers in the casting of the Les Miserables movie, if he choses to accept the directing job. And with his newly won recognition, I hope he can draw excellent actors with strong screen presence( and who can sing well, of course) into the movie project.
Was the suggestion REALLY just made that Nick Jonas be cast in the film? All credibility, validity, and seriousness just went out the window...
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
I know it's probably way too late but Tim Curry has always been my dream Javert. Had the movie been made 20 years ago it would have been perfect.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Many of the suggestions here are too old for the parts: Krakowski (far too old), Hathaway, even Michele. Hathaway is close to age appropriate for Fantine. Hugh Laurie should play Thenardier.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Jean Valjean - Hugh Jackman Javert - Shuler Hensley Fantine - Amy Adams Cosette - Charlotte Church Marius - Jonathan Groff Éponine - Anna Kendrick M. Thénardier - Geoffrey Rush Mme. Thénardier - Helena Bonham Carter Enjolras - Matthew Morrison