The New Les Mis Miniseries Looks Highly Dramatic, Contains No Singing

By Kelly Faircloth  |  December 3, 2018 | 3:34pm
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PBS and the BBC have released a trailer for the new, no-singing Les Misérables mini-series. Despite the lack of singing and adaptor Andrew Davies’ apparent determination to rescue the book from the phenomenally popular musical, it is clear they are attacking the source material with a similar level of dramatic fervor.

Dominic West is playing Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo is Javert, and Lily Collins will be Fantine, sans tear-jerking solo. Also included: Olivia Colman in yet another costume drama—though this time, she will not be playing a queen, but rather shady innkeeper’s wife Madame Thénardier. A nice change of pace, really.

I truly hope they devote an entire episode to explaining the Parisians sewers in the style of the first half-hour of Casino, as a tribute to Victor Hugo.

 
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