Amanda Seyfried recalls her time on Les Misérables and says she was not quite ready for the challenging role.
The actress played Cosette in the epic period musical film directed by Tom Hooper. In it, she had to sing live, which she found “infuriating.”
“Les Mis was an incredible movie. I loved it. The costumes, the people… We were all really happy to be there, but I, unfortunately, was not technically ready or capable of the live singing in the way that I would’ve liked to be,” Seyfried reflected during an interview with GQ.
She continued, “The process was infuriating. I knew what I had to sing, but they were hard songs. And the acting part of it came naturally and I loved it.”
Seyfried also said she was “worried” about her accent, adding, “But that was the least of my worries.” She noted that having “to be very musical didn’t hit” for her the way it did for her co-stars like Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks.
Of Anne Hathaway, Seyfried said “she’s miles better than all of us technically,” adding, “Even when she’s crying … it was perfect. It’s what made that movie f***ing fly.”
“I was lacking in a way that I really wish I hadn’t been and that’s a regret I have,” she said.
Les Misérables was released in 2012, and it’s based on the stage musical of the same name by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Jean-Marc Natel, which in turn is based on the Victor Hugo novel.
Watch Seyfried’s full interview below.
