SCARLETT MISSES OUT ON LES MIS

'I sang my little heart out!' Scarlett Johansson reveals her failed audition to get Anne Hathaway's Les Miserables role

FROM THE DAILY MAIL 

When it comes to auditions, Hollywood normally likes to keep things behind-the-scene.

After all, its not good for a star's image to know they missed out on a leading role.

But Scarlett Johansson is refreshingly honest about her failed attempts to land a part in the hit musical Les Miserables.

'I sang my little heart out,' she told Broadway.com.

Alternative Fantine? Scarlett Johansson, seen at her Cat On A Hot Tin Roof premiere left, revealed she auditioned for Anne Hathaway's Les Miserables role which has won her a host of awards including the Bafta

And she insisted she had no hint of any nerves about her audition.

'No, are you kidding? The jazz hands kid inside me was just over the moon!'

But sadly for Scarlett her audition did not go well.

'I auditioned with laryngitis,' she explained. 'I did everything I could to, like, not have laryngitis.'

The 28-year-old had been heavily rumoured to have wanted the part of Eponine alongside big names such as Taylor Swift.  However she explained that actually she was after the role as Fantine, which went to Anne Hathaway.

Winning role: Anne as Fantine with Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean

But with Hathaway tipped for a best supporting actress Oscar, Scarlett feels the role went to the right person.

'I think, looking at the film now, there's no possible way I ever could have topped that performance,' she admitted.

'It was perfect and I think fateful and meant to be,' she said.  

But despite her lack of success Scarlett enjoyed the experience - which reminded her of auditioning for a role as the young Cosette when she was a child.

'The audition itself brought back so many memories of auditioning and it was fun for me to revisit that,' she explained.

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AUDITION BY IPHONE

IS THIS THE FUTURE OF CASTINGS?

UK actor lands Les Mis role after recording song on iPhone

First it was Benedict Cumberbatch and now it is actor Eddie Redmayne who has landed a role in a major movie with help from an Iphone.  Is this the ultimate in laziness?  For both the director and the actor it seems the easy option. Why travel miles through traffic, to meet actor after actor and watch countless monologues when you can just watch their auditions from the comfort of your home?
 Eddie got the the role of Marius in Les Miserable thanks to a recording he made on his iPhone of himself singing 'Empty Chairs and Empty Tables'

British actor Eddie Redmayne has landed the role of Marius in 'Les Misérables'
In an interview Redmayne said: "Took the iPhone and recorded myself singing Marius’ song, 'Empty Chairs and Empty Tables'. I then sent it to my agent to show him that I enjoyed singing, and without me knowing he sent that on to the producer".

Watch the video clip of Eddie Redmayne here.

Les Misérables is showing at Cinema screens in the UK from 11 January 2013.  This is not the first case of an audition over iPhone.

Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch has landed a role in the new Star Trek thanks to a video he made on his iPhone in the kitchen.

Unable to attend an audition for the part and unable to find someone to film his audition professionally, Cumberbatch grabbed his iPhone and recorded his own audition in a friend’s kitchen.

Director J.J. Abrams described Cumberbatch’s iPhone-recorded performance as “one of the most compelling audition readings I’d ever seen,” according to a New York Times report.

Although not confirmed it seems likely that Cumberbatch will play genetically-engineered tyrant Khan in the new film.