Amanda Seyfried as Cosette, the illegitimate daughter of Fantine, who is kept by the Thénardiers until Valjean buys her from them. On developing Cosette, Seyfried said, "In the little time that I had to explain Cosette and give the audience a reason [to see her as] a symbol of love and strength and light in this tragedy, I needed to be able to convey things you may not have connected with in the show." [25] A vocal coach was enlisted to help her with the songs. [26] Isabelle Allen plays Cosette as a child. [27] On working with her fellow actors, Allen said, "They gave us lots of tips and mostly [made] sure we were all OK. They were really nice." [28]

More Stage Vets Set for Les Misérables Film". Broadway World. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013 . Retrieved 25 September 2012. Zéphine – A young grisette in Paris and member of Fantine's group of seamstress friends along with Favourite and Dahlia. She becomes romantically involved with Félix Tholomyès' friend Fameuil. Mademoiselle Gillenormand – Daughter of M. Gillenormand, with whom she lives. Her late half-sister (M. Gillenormand's daughter from another marriage), was Marius' mother.Young Cosette cast in Les Misérables". Screen Terrier. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012 . Retrieved 28 July 2012. One of the students, Marius Pontmercy, has become alienated from his family (especially his royalist grandfather M. Gillenormand) because of his Bonapartist views. After the death of his father, Colonel Georges Pontmercy, Marius discovers a note from him instructing his son to provide help to a sergeant named Thénardier who saved his life at Waterloo—in reality Thénardier was looting corpses and only saved Pontmercy's life by accident; he had called himself a sergeant under Napoleon to avoid exposing himself as a robber. a b c Moore, Olin H. (March 1959). "Some Translations of Les Misérables". Modern Language Notes. 74 (3): 240–246. doi: 10.2307/3040282. JSTOR 3040282. Rosen, Christopher (3 January 2013). "Sacha Baron Cohen: Les Miserables Role Forced Him To Drop Django Unchained". Huffington Post . Retrieved 4 January 2013.

Joly – A medical student who has unusual theories about health. He is a hypochondriac and is described as the happiest of the Friends.He arrests all the Thénardiers and Patron-Minette (except Claquesous, who escapes during his transportation to prison, and Montparnasse, who stops to run off with Éponine instead of joining in on the robbery). Valjean manages to escape the scene before Javert sees him. The Guardian 's Peter Bradshaw concurred: "Even as a non-believer in this kind of "sung-through" musical, I was battered into submission by this mesmeric and sometimes compelling film ...". [109] Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times gave a positive review, saying that the film "is a clutch player that delivers an emotional wallop when it counts. You can walk into the theater as an agnostic, but you may just leave singing with the choir." [110] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said, "Besides being a feast for the eyes and ears, Les Misérables overflows with humor, heartbreak, rousing action and ravishing romance. Damn the imperfections, it's perfectly marvelous." [111] DPA Mics record Les Misérables". Digital Video. Vol.21, no.2. New York: Newbay Media. February 2013. p.8. Les Misérables runs for 2 hours and 50 minutes, including a 15 minute interval. Find out more about West End running times. What are the songs in Les Misérables?

a b Fowler, Tara; Reynolds, Simon (11 January 2012). " Les Misérables has an amazing cast, says Eddie Redmayne". Digital Spy . Retrieved 28 July 2012. Rosen, Christopher (18 December 2012). "Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables Star, On Sets That Smell Like Dead Fish & Singing Till You Bleed". Huffington Post . Retrieved 27 December 2012. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote: "[Director Tom] Hooper can be very good with actors. But his inability to leave any lily ungilded—to direct a scene without tilting or hurtling or throwing the camera around—is bludgeoning and deadly. By the grand finale, when tout le monde is waving the French tricolor in victory, you may instead be raising the white flag in exhausted defeat." [113]Samantha Barks earned praise for her portrayal of Éponine, with Digital Journal saying: "Samantha Barks plays Éponine with such grace, sweetness, and sadness that it is hard to imagine anyone else in the role", [125] while Claudia Puig of USA Today calls her "heartbreakingly soulful", [121] Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times described her performance as "star-making". [126] Les Misérables has run continuously in London for over 30 years, but the original West End cast definitely had star power. Colm Wilkinson originated the role of Jean Valjean in London, later reprising his performance in worldwide productions. The two-time Olivier Award actress Patti LuPone played Fantine, recently in London for the West End revival of Company. Eight years later, the Friends of the ABC, led by Enjolras, are preparing an act of anti- Orléanist civil unrest (i.e. the Paris uprising on 5–6 June 1832, following the death of Lamarque, a popular general known for his sympathy towards the working class. Lamarque was a victim of a major cholera epidemic that had ravaged the city, particularly its poor neighborhoods, arousing suspicion that the government had been poisoning wells). The Friends of the ABC are joined by the poor of the Cour des miracles, including the Thénardiers' eldest son Gavroche, who is a street urchin.