Les Miserables Fan Community

Discuss:

Character in the novel you most want to smack?

Marius, hands-down.

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I've been having a bit of childish fun plugging characters' names into this French version of the white pages:
http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pb.cgi

I've been such a terrible mod; I apologize profusely! The only thing I can say in my defense is that I've been away in Montréal, but still.

Today's discussion title: the most inadvertently amusing performances by actors in the show.

(I have a whole list, really: Uwe Kröger (no words on this one), Dave Willetts, Oliver Thornton, Dudu Fisher, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Julien Combey, etc.)

Alright, another (lame) discussion.

Which actors do you think physically look the part, at least canonically?

For me, probably...
Valjean: Ivan Rutherford
Javert: Someone not white, obviously... perhaps Philip Hernández.
Fantine: Rachel York/Susan Spencer
Enjolras: This fellow; I believe it's Alexander Diepold.
Marius: Kevin Kern
Cosette: Ali Ewoldt (although not Filipino; I feel rather nasty saying that!)
Eponine: No one that I've ever encountered.
Thénardier: ?
Mme. Thénardier: ?
Gavroche: ?

Feel free to include Les Amis and Patron-Minette, by the by.


EDIT: I found this amusing, although I don't think it deserves its own post.
From broadwaybox.com's LM reviews:
"Worthwhile, but some oddities about the production.
...Having lived in New York all my life, I am no stranger to our diversity, however the multi-ethnic cast was a distraction as I do not believe it to be historically accurate (although I am going to check it out). It does seem a bit far-fetched to have an African-American in the role of Javert - and his voice didn't seem to be the overriding reason for putting him there - so what were the producers and casting people thinking?"

*snarksnarksnark*

Hello there! I realize that I have been a bit negligent in looking after this comm in the past (although letitallgo has done a wonderful job), so I have decided to start a bi-weekly discussion thread, if you will.

This week, I think we shall begin with a rather generic question:
Who would be included in your ideal cast (foreign cast members included)?

Since I could never choose just one after having heard at least 50 people in each role, this is my list:

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EDIT: New layout up because I was slightly bored. :)