The rugged quality of Crowe’s voice makes Javert a little more vulnerable from the start of the film - he’s intimidating more because he’s a big guy with rough edges, and less because he possesses the kind of laser precision that Mann brings to the part. Photo: Universal Picturesīut a strange choice doesn’t mean a bad choice. Russell Crowe as Javert in Les Misérables. Their voices are clearly distinguishable from each other, but all of them possess a broad, open quality, unburdened by the gravelliness of Crowe’s voice. Listening to previous well-known Javerts - Roger Allam, Terrence Mann, Philip Quast, Norm Lewis - makes that distinction clear. His voice is a little gruff, rather than clarion in the way that’s generally expected on Broadway. If anything, it’s Hugh Jackman’s performance as Jean Valjean that isn’t up to snuff.Ĭrowe is admittedly a strange choice to star in a musical.
Now that the film is available to stream on Netflix, it seems like the perfect time to revisit Crowe’s stab at starring in a musical.įor all the backlash that followed him at the time, Russell Crowe’s turn as Javert is a commendable, compelling effort.
That in turn makes it almost eight years since Russell Crowe’s performance as Les Mis antagonist Inspector Javert made such a negative impression that Crowe was forced to defend his singing chops on social media. Originally released as a single film, Les Miserables was usually offered as a two-parter outside of France.It’s been almost eight years since Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables hit theaters. Valjean’s efforts to create a new life for himself despite the omnipresence of Javert is meticulously detailed in this film, which utilizes several episodes from the Hugo original that had hitherto never been dramatized. Even upon his release, his trail is dogged by relentless Inspector Javert. Arrested for a petty crime, Valjean spends years 20 in the brutal French penal system. One of the best and most faithful adaptations is this 240-minute French production, starring Jean Gabin as the beleaguered Jean Valjean.
Victor Hugo’s monumental novel Les Miserables has been filmed so often that sometimes it’s hard to tell one version from another.
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