Helena Bonham Carter
All signs point signs point to yes! Helena Bonham Carter has been cast in the upcoming Les Miserables movie as Madame Thenardier. And Since Tim Burton is the frontrunner as Director of “Hunchback” she’ll be probably be in that as well.
Hugh Jackman
Russell Crowe
Also Hugh Jackman is playing Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe has reportedly accepted the role of Inspector Javert. I can’t really picture Crowe as Javert but maybe my conception of Javert is different from the Hollywood casting person.
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway is playing Fantine.
Claire Danes as Cossette from the 1998 Les Miserables
I know this movie is going to be a musical but I think it would have been ironic if Claire Danes had played Fantine. After all she did play Cossette in the 1998 version. I still don’t agree with Hathaway as Fantine and Crowe as Javert causes me to raise as eyebrow, but I’m not a casting director and they didn’t ask me either.