THE LES MIS TRAILER and ALTERNATIVE CASTING SOLUTIONS FROM OTHER ROM-COM STARLETS
So, wow, right? Anne Hathaway sure is skinny… and melodic! I for one am pleasantly surprised by the trailer and her OMGSOSAD face in it (this is not sarcasm, people). But I couldn’t help but wonder… what if other Rom-Com ladies had been cast in Les Mis?
And so, voila possible alternative casting solutions, in case someone accidentally throws the current film version in the trash, thinking it was an old pizza.
REESE WITHERSPOON as FANTINE
I think this world-weary, ailing, utterly devoted mum could use a bit of a Southern twang, don’t you? Also, Reese has already demonstrated her excellent French accent in Vanity Fair (Right? I feel like this happened?).
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MOLLY RINGWALD as COSETTE
By the way, did I mention that we’re employing a time machine for this? We are. And so let’s cast Mollz about five years beforeThe Breakfast Club as an adorkable, sweet, if sometimes tantrum-throwing little street urchin. She would look so cute in one of those little head shroud things, like here:
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KATE HUDSON as JAVERT
I feel like she has the temper for it.
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JENNIFER LOPEZ as THE VERY CONCEPT OF JUSTICE
It’d be like Hollywood Blockbuster meets Medieval morality play. That’d have ‘em lining up in the streets! (Well, it’d have ME lining up in the streets…)