Tag Archives: Les Misérables

Helena Bonham Carter on Cover of Vogue UK’s July Issue

By Brigid Brown | Posted on June 3rd, 2013

The July issue of Vogue UK, available on newsstands today (June 3), celebrates women who “transcend age” with their distinctive style with actress Helena Bonham Carter (The Lone Ranger; Les Misérables) blanketing the cover.

Les Misérables Finally Gets An Honest Trailer

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on March 27th, 2013

This is a delight. A simple retelling of the wonder of Les Misérables, only with the rose-tint filter taken off and a replaced with a slightly flintier one.

WATCH: ‘Les Miserables’ Director Tom Hooper on Fictionalizing in Reality-Based Films

By Tom Brook | Posted on January 14th, 2013

British director Tom Hooper — who was snubbed by the Academy last week when it chose not to give him a Best Director Oscar nomination for Les Mis�rables — has willingly weighed in over whether or not feature filmmakers ...

WATCH: Hugh Jackman on playing Jean Valjean: “It took everything from me.”

By Tom Brook | Posted on December 21st, 2012

Hugh Jackman put his heart and soul into playing Jean Valjean, the central character in Les Miserables. “It took everything from me,” he says.

WATCH: Original Producer of ‘Les Miserables’ Stage Show Praises Hugh Jackman

By Tom Brook | Posted on December 21st, 2012

Cameron Mackintosh at NYC Les Miserables premiere. (AP)

British theater impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who was the producer of the original Les Miserables stage musical in London, is clearly a big fans of Hugh Jackman who plays the central role of Jean Valjean in the new film version of ...

WATCH: Eddie Redmayne on the Englishness of ‘Les Miserables’

By Tom Brook | Posted on December 19th, 2012

While the forthcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Les Miserables has roots in the writings of French author Victor Hugo it is, in the eyes of British actor Eddie Redmayne, a very English production.

WATCH: Tom Hooper on ‘Les Miserables’ as ‘Great Anthem of the Dispossessed’

By Tom Brook | Posted on December 18th, 2012

Tom Hooper on the set of 'Les Miserables' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures/Laurie Sparham)

Tom Hooper — the British director of the eagerly awaited Les Misérables — sees his new movie adaptation of the celebrated stage musical in very passionate terms.

WATCH: Anne Hathaway Tells of Awkward Moment with Daniel Craig

By Brigid Brown | Posted on December 18th, 2012

Anne Hathaway sat down with pal Chelsea Handler to talk about her new movie Les Miserables (December 25) on Handler’s late night show Chelsea Lately. Handler prodded Hathaway to share her story about a run-in with Skyfall star Daniel ...

‘King’s Speech’ Director May Follow Up with ‘Les Miserables’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on March 25th, 2011

When you’ve won a Best Director Oscar for your first major film, which itself won Best Picture, what do you do for an encore? Do you snag your Best Actor-winning star Colin Firth for a victory lap?

‘Little Britain’ Star Matt Lucas Joins West End’s ‘Les Miserables’

By MacKenzie Wilson | Posted on February 24th, 2011

Matt Lucas might be best known for his side-splitting characters on BBC comedies like Little Britain and Come Fly with Me, but the 36-year-old English comedian’s talents reach far, far beyond television.