Eddie Redmayne is the only one in that movie who didn't completely humiliate himself.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to cast Russell Crowe as Javert should be shot.
The only thing Russell Crowe has ever been good at is fighting 'round the world.
counterpoint: the salt and the memes.
Isn't her character the woman who has no talent, can't sing but they hire her because she's hot? That was the character in the original with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. I've not seen the remake (just the "make it gay" song), but isn't she supposed to be bad?
He's good in The Nice Guys which is an interesting and generally pretty fun film.
I just thought that went without saying. She honestly looks better in the makeup and wig than she normally does...
Especially since Brian Stokes Mitchell was playing Javert on tours when they were filming that crappy movie
Sure but her character supposed to be off putting in the story, both the book and the musical. Having a hidden softer side that allows her to connect some characters but from an outside perspective she is seen as repellent and scary. It's mainly regarded to be because of her skin and later the rebellion but her looking like overall an uggo bitch works better than her being a green hottie. People tend to be polite enough not say a baby is ugly but are comfortable point out obliviously wierd features like green skin.
It could just be the lack of the horrible piercings, but I legit think she looks... Well, not better, but less bad, with green skin and not bald.
If I remember correctly, it was an artistic choice the director Tom Hooper (the same guy that directed Cats 2019 and how the songs were ordered/sang) made in order for the singing to be presented as more "authentic" to the audience. He wanted the raw, ugly voices. He also reversed things, and had the singers dictate the cadence/speed of the song instead of using click tracks or pre-recorded instrumental backings to keep time; this meant in some scenes, the pianist would be in a sound-proofed box on-set, trying to follow along to the singers while at the same time piping music back to the singers via their earbuds.
