Les Misérables: Trailer - BBC

Starring: Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins.

Cast:
Dominic West as Jean Valjean
David Oyelowo as Javert
Lily Collins as Fantine
Adeel Akhtar as Thenardier
Olivia Colman as Madame Thenardier
Ellie Bamber as Cosette
Josh O’Connor as Marius

Les Misérables | BBC

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[ninjaahjumma]

Gotta love that almost everyone here on the comments sections seems to have forgotten that Les Misérables is a novel first and a musical second. 🙄

[FunnyGuyTimmy]

Those are the most English sounding French I have ever heard.

[johnnyjohn]

If this is going to be a faithful adaptation, they really need to describe the sewer system below the streets of Paris in excruciating detail for far too long. I will accept nothing less.

[Lonk]

"Do you hear the people sing?".... no, no we don't.

[BeautifulGoodbye]

This looks nice, but isn't it thematically important in the book that Fantine has blond hair (so she can sell it for a high price), and Cosette brown (to avert the trope that all pure-hearted heroines have blond hair)? Why is it that every adaptation switches this?
I mean, it's a minor thing but it bugs me.

[Dani-ienw]

I'm only two episodes in and this is already the most emotional series I have ever watched. Lily's performance was absolutely gut wrenching. I have never seen a series this well made and acting this well done. Seriously a must watch!

[brands]

Lily Collins is a underrated actress, she was incredible in To The Bone

[manonsegur]

My favorite novel ever. I hope you won't mess with it BBC.

[GoodKingMort]

'Paris is a tinderbox' - What an incredibly timely statement.

[ghosst]

I just can’t see Enjolras as anyone other than Aaron Tveit anymore. And it’s weird for me to see Les Mis with none of the songs I love, but I’ll give it a go
EDIT: I have seen it live and read the novel more than once, I’ve just watched the movie more

[xenonenigma]

I'm not even joking right now, this series legit MOVED me. I went through so many emotions I thought I forgot to have. West, Collins and Oyelowo did such a fantastic job! 11/10 on this show!

[jakbaillie]

*Screams at top of lungs* ONE DAY MORE ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DESTINY

[nimy]

Les misérables (2012) with Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried ... was A MASTERPIECE ! The cast was perfect and everyone's acting just blew me away. Hope this one is as good as it.

[jmcg]

I just finished the last episode and I must say, this Les Miserables is the best adaptation of Victor Hugo's epic novel. It is well-written, brilliantly acted and purposely heart-wrenching, I almost shed a tear in every episode. The actors all did great, David Oyelowo, Adeel Akhtar, Olivia Colman, Josh O' Connor, Ellie Bamber, Joseph Quinn and Erin Kellyman all did an amazing job portraying the characters but the stand-out for me was Lily Collins' Fantine and Dominic West's Valjean. Lily Collins portrayal of Fantine's tragic life is so convincing, it makes Anne Hathaway's Fantine less miserable. Dominic West is also a great Valjean with the likes of Hugh Jackman, I can't really compare the two since Jackman played the musical version of Jean Valjean while Dominic West portrayed the original Valjean straight out of the book so its safe to say his version is a lot more complex. I high recommend this series especially to the fans of the novel, you won't regret this.

[sahanavenki]

The musical took an emotional toll on me. Watch me watch this and go crazy yet again. This is one of those painfully beautiful pieces. Love it.

[milaces]

Am i the only one waiting for the songs?? M'kay, cool. 🙈

[sebastianjoseph]

Lily Collins is such a goddess! 😍







Edit: Jesus Christ, BBC One! You got all these great shows coming out like this and Luther and yet no date for these shows. I wanna mark them down on my calender for the dates on which they get released. 😥

[aiyagilliam]

If it's based off the book I hope we get 'Ursula' and Marius banging his head on a tree for two hours.

[adotburr]

I don't know why the director swore it would be nothing like the musical version, it does seem similar in many ways to the look they went for in the film

[richardbourton]

It seems rather soon after the last film adaptation to make a tv show. I'm sure it'll be good, but why not The Hunchback of Notre Dame if they wanted some Victor Hugo? It has the added Christmas period benefit of being overtly religious themed. I bet Notre Dame would look beautiful all covered in snow for the trailers with the bells ringing.