History Trivia / LesMiserables2012

* HeyItsThatGuy / RoleAssociation: With an AllStarCast, this is of course inevitable. Lampshaded during Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway's Les Mis segment during the 2013 SAG awards.

** Before Anne Hathaway was cast as Fantine, AmyAdams, MarianCortillard and KateWinslet are considered for the role.

** Before Anne Hathaway was cast as Fantine, AmyAdams, MarionCortillard and KateWinslet are considered for the role.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original cut is 4 hours with a 15-minute long battle sequence. But Hooper trimmed it down to 2 hours and 37 minutes which results to some songs cut with some scenes from the trailers not appearing in the final version of the movie, such as:
** The last part of "The Confrontation" where Valjean and Javert continues singing the last stanza of the song in a form of a DistantDuet.

** The last part of "The Confrontation" where Valjean and Javert continues singing the last stanza of the song in a forma of a DistantDuet.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: A film adaptation of the musical was discussed for many years; the 1991 souvenir program for the stage show claimed it was coming out in 1993 via [=TriStar=] Pictures. Universal Pictures was the studio that finally brought the movie to the light of day in December 2012.

** [[AaronTveit Enjolras]] is [[NextToNormal alive, he's alive, he is soooo alive...]].

** Enjolras is [[NextToNormal alive, he's alive, he is soooo alive...]].

** And Jean Valjean has passed his silver candlesticks on to Wolverine[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke To elaborate, it's Colm Wilkinson, the original Valjean of the Broadway and West End productions]][[/note]]

** Enjolras is [[NextToNormal Gabe]].

* RealLifeRelative: Russell Crowe's son, Tennyson, appeared in "Do You Hear The People Sing?" as one of the street urchins, waving the red flag, with Gavroche.

* RealLifeRelative: Russell Crowe's son, Tennyson, appeared in ''Do You Hear The People Sing?'' part as one of the street urchins, waving the red flag, with Gavroche.

** Apparently [[Creator/AmandaSeyfried Cosette]] can [[Film/MeanGirls predict the weather with her boobs.]]

** Marius is [[TessOfTheDUrbervilles Angel Clare]].

** Marius is [[tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles?from=Main.TessOfTheDUrbervilles Angel Clare]].

* DyeingForYourArt: For the film AnneHathaway had her hair cut short on camera and lost 25 pounds to make it look like she was dying. HughJackman lost 30 pounds, shaved his head, and grew a scraggly beard for the scenes where Valjean was a convict.
* EnforcedMethodActing: According to the DVD commentary, the entire barricade building sequence was done by the actors themselves in real time, which was around 15 minutes, and the director's only instructions were: "Build a barricade. Action!"

--> '''Anne''': [[{{Film/X-Men}} Wolverine]] is being chased by {{Film/Glad|iator}}[[RussellCrowe iato]][[IAmNotShazam r...]]
--> '''Hugh''': [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Catwoman]] gets knocked up, and for some ungodly reason goes to see [[Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter Bellatrix Lestrange]] from ''Film/HarryPotter'' and {{Film/Bora|t}}[[SachaBaronCohen t...]]
--> '''Anne''': And then Wolverine agrees to raise Catwoman's baby...
--> '''Hugh''': And she [[Creator/AmandaSeyfried grows up to star in]] ''MammaMia''!

* DyeingForYourArt: For the film AnneHathaway had her hair cut short on camera and lost 25 pounds to make it look like she was dying. Hugh Jackman lost 30 pounds, shaved his head, and grew a scraggly beard for the scenes where Valjean was a convict.

--> '''Anne''': [[HughJackman Wolverine]] is being chased by [[RussellCrowe Gladiator]]...
--> '''Hugh''': [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Catwoman]] gets knocked up, and for some ungodly reason goes to see [[Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter]] and [[SachaBaronCohen Borat]]...

--> '''Hugh''': And she [[Creator/AmandaSeyfried grows up to star in Mamma Mia!]]

--> '''Hugh''': [[AnneHathaway Catwoman]] gets knocked up, and for some ungodly reason goes to see [[Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter]] and [[SachaBaronCohen Borat]]...

** Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter pretty much plays Mme. Thénardier exactly the same as [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Mrs. Lovett]]. She and SachaBaronCohen basically rolled out of SweeneyTodd for this one.

* HeyItsThatGuy: With an AllStarCast, this is of course inevitable. Lampshaded during Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway's Les Mis segment during the 2013 SAG awards.

* RoleAssociation: Enjolras is [[NextToNormal Gabe]].
** [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Catwoman]] has a daughter, whom she gives to {{Film/Borat}} and [[Film/HarryPotter Bellatrix Lestrange]], who is then rescued by [[{{Film/X-Men}} Wolverine]]. They escape from [[{{Film/Gladiator}} Maximus]] by hiding in a convent, where the kid grows up to become [[MammaMia Sophie]].

--> '''Anne''': [[Creator/HughJackman Wolverine]] is being chased by [[RussellCrowe Gladiator]]...
--> '''Hugh''': Catwoman gets knocked up, and for some ungodly reason goes to see [[Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter]] and [[SachaBaronCohen Borat]]...

** Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter pretty much plays Mme. Thénardier exactly the same as [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Mrs. Lovett]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Enjolras is [[NextToNormal Gabe]].

* DyeingForYourArt: For the film AnneHathaway had her hair cut short on camera and lost a lot of weight to make it look like she was dying.

*** [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Catwoman]] has a daughter, whom she gives to {{Film/Borat}} and [[Film/HarryPotter Bellatrix Lestrange]], who is then rescued by [[{{Film/X-Men}} Wolverine]]. They escape from [[{{Film/Gladiator}} Maximus]] by hiding in a convent, where the kid grows up to become [[MammaMia Sophie]].
*** Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter pretty much plays Mme. Thénardier exactly the same as [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Mrs. Lovett]].
*** And Jean Valjean has passed his silver candlesticks on to Wolverine[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke To elaborate, it's Colm Wilkinson, the original Valjean of the Broadway and West End productions]][[/note]]