Taylor Swift Cast in Les Mis Movie.

     The latest news in the casting of the Les Miserables movie has left me less than speechless. The cast list at this time reads as follows:
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean
Russell Crowe as Javert
Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thenardier
Anne Hathaway as Fantine
Sacha Baron Cohen as Monsieur Thenardier
Eddie Redmayne as Marius
Aaron Tveit as Enjolras
Amanda Seyfried as Cosette
Taylor Swift as Eponine

    These choices in casting are less than satisfactory for me. Les Miserables is my all-time favorite show that has ever been written. I have seen the show three times professionally at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore and am a strong believer that the show is fantastic, but with the wrong cast, the show can fall.
    The last time I watched Les Mis, during the most tear jerking part of the performance, Bring Him Home, someone in the audience had a seizure and they had to stop the show in the middle of the show.
    Needless to say this cast is not one which I see doing a successful reenactment of this cherished musical. There are parts which intrigue me, such as Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen as the Thenardier's. The main issue I have is with the chosen females. Neither Amanda Seyfried nor Taylor Swift nor Anne Hathaway are who I would have chosen for the three main women roles.
    These three are big names in both the music and movie worlds, which begs the question, are the producers only using these actresses for star power?
   At this point in time I am very disappointed in the creation of this major musical movie. Until its release in December of 2012, I will just have to wait.