Taylor Swift Was Almost Cast in 'Les Misérables' Movie(via PopCrush)
in his critically maligned cinematic adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, but that the pop star also"[Taylor] had auditioned for. She rather brilliantly auditioned for Éponine. I didn’t cast her, but I got very close to it," the director shared, adding that he ultimately didn't cast her in the role of the tragic, impoverished teenager because he "couldn’t quite believe Taylor Swift was a girl people would overlook.
"It didn’t quite feel right for her for the most flattering reason," Hooper explained. "But I knew she was curious to work on a musical. When [] came up, I wrote to her and just said, 'Would you like to meet? Would you like to see the world I’m creating?' And I did a presentation." Swift was apparently impressed by Hooper's pitch, which included paintings by Eve Stewart and a "10-second clip of a dancer with fur, lifelike."
"She loved it and was very gracious and really supportive from then on. At that point, I had no idea she’d end up getting involved in writing the new song and getting involved as a lyricist," Hooper shared., Swift was cast as the flirtatious, mischievous Bombalurina, but the role could have actually ended up being played by two actresses.
"In the show, [the role is] performed by two women," the director explained. "And for a long time, I thought, 'Well, it’s going to be Taylor Swift and X.' Then eventually, part of me was like, 'Why does it have to be two people?' I called Andrew [Lloyd Webber] and said, 'Just remind me why.' And he goes, 'Oh, we only gave it to two people because we felt guilty that the other girl didn’t have enough to do.
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