10 Actors Who HATED Their Performances In Awesome Movies
5. Amanda Seyfried Wants To Redo The Film Completely - Les Miserables
Similarly to the mighty Kate Winslet, if given the opportunity to go back and completely redo her part in Tom Hooper's big-screen adaptation of Les Miserables, Amanda Seyfried would seemingly bite that person's hand clean off.
Singing, even within a nice, cosy studio, is remarkably daunting for some. So, you can only imagine how stressful having to warble through some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre history live must have been.
Amanda Seyfried: "I wish I could redo ‘Les Miz’ completely, because the whole live singing aspect just — I still have nightmares about it" | #ActorsOnActors presented by @AmazonStudios https://t.co/Nl48EK7MQ3 pic.twitter.com/YJ2ZxQybAI
— Variety (@Variety) January 29, 2021
Seyfried has since noted that she still has "nightmares" about the various times she was required to let out a tune live as Cosette in the 2012 box office hit - a hugely emotional feature that also ended up being nominated for eight Academy Awards.
The actor added, during an appearance on the 'Actors on Actors' Variety series, that her voice just wasn't in the place it needed to be for the role, calling it "weak" before admitting that she was "very unhappy with (her) singing.”
Seyfried is perhaps being a little unfair to herself here as her rather solid voice undoubtedly wasn't the worst on show in the feature. That title unfortunately belongs to the otherwise magnificent Russel Crowe.
Since then, though, Seyfried has at least committed to strengthening her voice, and now finally feels like she's in a position to properly play Cosette if she ever got another chance.