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Post by cat on Mar 27, 2011 4:59:58 GMT 8
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Post by Gg on Mar 27, 2011 5:29:17 GMT 8
Hmmmm... does this mean Nick Jonas as Marius...?
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Post by cat on Mar 27, 2011 7:23:02 GMT 8
Hmmmm... does this mean Nick Jonas as Marius...? I've never heard of him. Although upon googling his name, it says he's an actor. Anyone else familiar with this Nick Jonas? I think Jamie Campbell Bower could make quite a good Marius. |
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Post by Gg on Mar 28, 2011 9:28:34 GMT 8
Nick Jonas, above all else, is part of the brotherly trio "The Jonas Brothers", has a Disney series, playing...wait for it....himself, and has been on Broadway as Marius, and song the part in the 25th Anniversary Concert.
I think "actor" may be an overstatement, though.
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Post by cat on Mar 28, 2011 17:51:40 GMT 8
"and has been on Broadway as Marius"
Ahhh.....so that's why you mentioned him. I wonder if appearing in a Disney series, as well being on Broadway, makes this young man more diverse than what he really is?
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Post by lynette on Mar 28, 2011 21:53:06 GMT 8
Last weekend was the movie "Les Miserables" with Hans in czech tv. Hans was overwhelming.  |
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Post by Scotbritt on Mar 29, 2011 0:05:07 GMT 8
Hmm, I think that it's too soon to remake it. I mean, the film hasn't been out that long. Also, if they did decide to remake it I almost feel that it ought to have a different take on it, like turn the film into the musical. It would be a huge project to take on but I really think if they ever made another film adaptation of Les Miserables I would want it to be a musical.
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Post by Gg on Mar 29, 2011 4:34:03 GMT 8
If I'm reading it correctly the article is talking about a musical for film.
Well, I'll give Nick Jonas ambition, that much is evident.
It has been, dear god, 13 years since it was released.
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Post by Scotbritt on Mar 29, 2011 7:12:51 GMT 8
If I'm reading it correctly the article is talking about a musical for film. Well, I'll give Nick Jonas ambition, that much is evident. It has been, dear god, 13 years since it was released. Oh! So it is. I just read the article since I wasn't able to earlier. |
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Post by Gg on Apr 23, 2011 5:43:03 GMT 8
I really thought I already posted this, but, heck, I can't find it so here it is
(Marius' monologue from Bile August's LES MIS, writer by Rafael Yglesias, originally performed by some guy named Hans Matheson, you may have heard of him...)
Marius
We can’t strike. Why not? Because it’s against the law to strike! The king has declared that everything is a crime. Writing is a crime. Two weeks ago, the police destroyed the Galaty, the worker’s newspaper. They smashed the press. They burned over two thousand newspapers but that didn’t satisfy the king. Three days ago at a student meeting, a peaceful meeting, soldiers broke it up and arrested two of my friends. Writing, talking, going to class, speaking out is a crime. Being poor is a crime. Being poor is the worst crime of all. And if you commit these crimes, you are condemned for life. Our government has no mercy, no pity, no forgiveness. And there’s no work for us. And because there’s no work, our children are starving. Tell me: why are we powerless to save the people we love? All of you know. Tell me why? The king betrayed us. We were promised the vote, do we have it? Do we have the vote? Where is the republic our fathers died for? It’s here my brothers. It lives here in our heads. But most of all, best of all, it’s here in our hearts. In our hearts we are the Republic!
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Post by lynette on Apr 24, 2011 1:58:34 GMT 8
I really thought I already posted this, but, heck, I can't find it so here it is (Marius' monologue from Bile August's LES MIS, writer by Rafael Yglesias, originally performed by some guy named Hans Matheson, you may have heard of him...) MariusWe can’t strike. Why not? Because it’s against the law to strike! The king has declared that everything is a crime. Writing is a crime. Two weeks ago, the police destroyed the Galaty, the worker’s newspaper. They smashed the press. They burned over two thousand newspapers but that didn’t satisfy the king. Three days ago at a student meeting, a peaceful meeting, soldiers broke it up and arrested two of my friends. Writing, talking, going to class, speaking out is a crime. Being poor is a crime. Being poor is the worst crime of all. And if you commit these crimes, you are condemned for life. Our government has no mercy, no pity, no forgiveness. And there’s no work for us. And because there’s no work, our children are starving. Tell me: why are we powerless to save the people we love? All of you know. Tell me why? The king betrayed us. We were promised the vote, do we have it? Do we have the vote? Where is the republic our fathers died for? It’s here my brothers. It lives here in our heads. But most of all, best of all, it’s here in our hearts. In our hearts we are the Republic! I like this replica.  |
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Post by irooloo on Feb 27, 2012 3:29:40 GMT 8
I was watching les miserables again today, and i thought, didnt anyone interview any of the actors for this film? i've never heard any of them talking about it..or maybe is there an official dvd or something? |
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Post by Gg on Feb 27, 2012 4:09:59 GMT 8
The original official les mis film website was on Sony.com, but that has changed radically in the last ten years or so. This was the interview, as it is catalogged on HMOL: www.hansmatheson.org/lesmis/lmint.htmlFrom the Les Miserables official site Only in his early 20s, HANS MATHESON studied acting in the U.K. He was snapped up immediately by an agent and has been working in theater and television ever since. Matheson was recently seen as Eddie in Compulsive Viewing's Stella Does Tricks. He also played Jimmy Dolen in The Future Lasts a Long Time for the same production company. Both films were directed by Coky Guedroyc. His only other film to date is Mojo, directed by Jez Butterworth for Portobello/Mojo Films in which he plays Silver Johnnie, a part he originally created on stage in the play's world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Matheson has also appeared in a number of television series in the United Kingdom, including "Family Money" opposite Claire Bloom. "I began acting because I wanted to find out more about myself and my feelings. I remember my first Stanislavski acting lessons when I found this tremendous energy and released so much-it was a really potent day for me. Since then I realized that I wanted to act and I'm prepared to push myself as far as possible. "When I start work on a project, I always say to a director that I give them the go-ahead to be totally honest, which I find works best. I really wanted to work on Les Miserables because I admire Bille August's work. I trust him totally; he hates sentimentality and has taught me that sometimes it is more touching to play less, more interesting to ask questions about a character than being given the answers." This sense of idealism fits in neatly with the character he plays, Marius the young revolutionary who believes he can change the world. "I see Marius as the John Lennon of the 1832 Revolution. He wants peace, but the only way he can achieve peace of mind is to get power for the people. When I first read the script I believed in Marius and responded to him because he is a really passionate character. But more than anything, I was interested in the idea of revolution which I see as something that needs to happen to make things change. Although people die-are sacrificed-it is still the only way forward, unless you are working from the inside." Marius' passion spills over into his ardent affair with Valjean's daughter: "Marius has never experienced love, until he meets Cosette, and it is absolutely love at first sight. It is refreshing because Marius and Cosette are very honest and up front with one another right from the beginning. Their love is raw, real and true." He also had this to say about LES MIS in another interview, back in the day; Extract from an Article about Hans Matheson . . . After playing yet another rock star in Still Crazy, which opened last month, he's moved to a more historical gig as the young revolutionary Marius who romances Cosette (Clare Danes) in Bille August's version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Matheson, all gorgeous cheekbones, is clearly still a bit bowled over by it all, and uneasily aware that he has reached his first career crossroad. 'I want to take the turning to good people and good scripts, not fame and money,' he insists. 'I'd rather wash-up than take a £100,000 role that wasn't right for me.' . . He based Still Crazy's guitarist Luke on eccentric rockers such as Mick Jagger, Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, but hit uncharted waters with Les Misérables: 'I'd never read the book before I screen-tested. Bille gave me the role but the studios said "no" because I was a nobody. But Bille said "yes". The next thing I was flying to New York for rehearsal. I'd never been abroad before.' |
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Post by irooloo on Mar 4, 2012 6:31:07 GMT 8
ok thank you! |
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Post by Gg on Mar 4, 2012 12:31:43 GMT 8
My pleasure!
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