Taylor Swift Reflects on "Nightmare" Les Misérables Audition

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Taylor Swift admitted that her Les Misérables surface trial other Eddie Redmayne did not spell arsenic expected aft a hilarious costume change. Here's what she said.

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Taylor Swift remembers her Les Misérables audition each excessively well.

The "Anti-Hero" vocalist precocious looked backmost astatine her little clip trying retired for a relation successful the 2012 philharmonic film, and admitted that her excitement implicit gathering Eddie Redmayne, who played Marius successful the movie, soon turned sour acknowledgment to an unfortunate costume change.

"Basically, I was up for 2 roles. I had the look of Cosette and the range, vocally, of Eponine," she said during the Oct. 28 occurrence of The Graham Norton Show connected Oct. 28. "So it was established I was determination for a bully clip but not for a agelong time—I wasn't going to get the role."

Taylor continued, "But, they asked if I would similar to spell to London to bash a surface trial with Eddie, who is 1 of my favourite actors, and I thought ‘This isn't an acquisition I americium going to get again successful my life,' truthful I said yes."

However, things took a crook aft the singer was fixed a little than preferable makeover arsenic the dying Eponine it turned what would person different been a amusive experience into a hilariously embarrassing one.

"When I got determination they enactment maine successful afloat 19th Century thoroughfare urchin costume and told maine they were going to overgarment my teeth brownish and I was like, ‘You are going to bash that aft I conscionable Eddie Redmayne right?' But no, they made maine look similar decease and it became a nightmare," she shared. "When I met Eddie I didn't unfastened my rima to speak!"

Eddie, who was besides a impermanent connected The Graham Norton Show alongside Taylor, admitted that the infinitesimal is 1 that stuck with him arsenic well, who shared that helium was besides dreading their surface test—although successful his lawsuit it was not a costuming prime but alternatively his ain unfortunate nutrient choice.

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"I thought we would conscionable beryllium singing disconnected each other," helium explained. "I didn't cognize we would beryllium successful each other's arms."

The Fantastic Beasts star added, "My overriding representation of it is that I had had pizza and ail dough balls beforehand and each I could deliberation astir was my ail enactment portion Taylor was dying successful my arms and I was trying to amusement emotion."

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