by Dave Karger

The night he won the Oscar for directing The Kings Speech, Tom Hooper was very certain his follow-up film would be the first-ever screen adaptation[改編] of Les Misérables, the hit 1980s stage musical based on Victor Hugos classic 19th-century novel. So he was astonished when the ceremonys[典禮] cohost, Anne Hathaway, took the stage and began singing one of its best-known songs, “On My Own,”to Hugh Jackman, who was sitting in the front row. Hooper remembers thinking, “Was that the most extraordinary attempt to manipulate[操縱] me into saying: ‘Hello, Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman—maybe that makes sense? I have accused Annie of[因某事控告某人] doing that, and she smiles modestly[謙虛地]. It obviously worked.” Hence we can now hear Hathaway, as Les Mizs poor heroine[女主角] Fantine, singing “I Dreamed a Dream” alongside Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Amanda Seyfried in the movie.

湯姆·霍伯憑借執(zhí)導(dǎo)《國王的演講》一片贏得奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)的那天晚上，他清楚知道自己接下來要拍的電影從未被搬上大屏幕。這部電影改編自20世紀(jì)80年代大受歡迎的音樂劇《悲慘世界》，故事取材自維克多·雨果創(chuàng)作于19世紀(jì)的經(jīng)典小說。所以當(dāng)其中一位主持人——安妮·海瑟薇站在舞臺上對著坐在前排的休·杰克曼唱起其中一首劇中名曲——《形單影只》時(shí)，他非常驚訝?；舨貞浧鹚菚r(shí)的想法：“那是不是誘導(dǎo)我說出‘你好，安妮·海瑟薇和休·杰克曼——也許真會有戲這種話的最不同尋常的方式呢？我‘譴責(zé)安妮的做法，她則謙虛地笑了笑。這個(gè)做法顯然奏效?！庇谑?，我們現(xiàn)在能夠在電影里聽到海瑟薇（扮演《悲慘世界》里命運(yùn)悲慘的女主角芳?。┏觥段易隽艘粋€(gè)夢》。片中演員還有杰克曼、羅素·克洛和阿曼達(dá)·塞弗里德等。

Despite their impressive résumés[履歷], all of Hoopers cast first had to survive marathon auditions[試演角色] in New York City and London. “It became more of a workshop[專題學(xué)術(shù)討論會], really,” says Jackman of his session[一段時(shí)間] in front of Hooper, producer Cameron Mackintosh, composer ClaudeMichel Sch?nberg, and librettist[音樂劇的歌詞作者] Alain Boublil.“After three hours I put my hand up and said, ‘Tom? Ive got to put my kids to bed now.” He scored[獲得] the lead role of prisoner-turned-politician Jean Valjean, whos on the run from the dogged[頑固的] policeman Javert, played by Russell Crowe.

Actually, Crowe has had a side career in music for decades, including as lead singer of the rock group “30 Odd Foot of Grunts.” But he had never sung on screen before. So in the weeks leading up to his audition, he trained with vocal coaches even as he filmed his role as Supermans father in Man of Steel. “Building up to it, I started to get more and more nervous. I still couldnt hear the sound I knew I wanted to hear,” recalls Crowe, who says he hadnt had to audition for a film since 1999s The Insider. “The week before, I was so anxious. I sang so much I trashed[破壞] my throat completely. Great, I had four days before the audition and Id lost my voice. But I just kept thinking the song through. On the day, it just came out, that sound Id been looking for. Whether it was the adrenaline[腎上腺素] or whatever it was, in that little room on 42nd Street, just off Broadway, the sound was there. It filled the room and Tom made me sing over and over and over, and every time I sang it, I felt a little more in control and a little more capable.”

Once on set[布景] in London, Hooper had his cast sing live for each take[（一次拍攝的）電影鏡頭]—unlike the typical movie-musical practice of lip-synching[對口型假唱] to a prerecorded track. “It transforms the experience of what a musical is like on film,”Hooper says. “When its live, the actors can actually think the songs.”

Its also unthinkable that this will be the first time Australian stars Crowe and Jackman have ever worked together. “Weve known each other for years, and Ive made a career out of the roles that Russells turned down,” says Jackman. “But working on this, we became a lot closer. The two of us looked at each other on our last day of shooting and went,‘Damn, were going to miss this.” As for Crowe, he says the experience was equal parts rewarding and terrifying. “I have never sung anything as challenging as the songs in Les Miz, never pushed my voice to that place. Im still not sure if I can do it. I guess Ill know when the movie comes out.” We will be breaking down the cinema doors right beside him.

盡管演員們的履歷都相當(dāng)亮眼，但所有演員都必須在紐約和倫敦熬過馬拉松式的試鏡?！霸囩R差不多成了研習(xí)會，真的，”杰克曼在談到自己的試鏡部分時(shí)這樣說。他要面對霍伯、制片人卡梅隆·麥金托什、作曲家克勞德-米歇爾·勛伯格和歌詞作者阿蘭·鮑伯利?！叭r(shí)之后，我舉起手說：‘湯姆，我現(xiàn)在要去哄我的孩子們上床睡覺了。”杰克曼最終得到了主角——從囚犯變成政治家的冉·阿讓一角。對冉·阿讓窮追不舍的警察沙威則由羅素·克洛扮演。

事實(shí)上，幾十年來，克洛一直將音樂當(dāng)做副業(yè)，他還是搖滾樂隊(duì)“30尺哼哈怪腳樂團(tuán)”的主唱，但他從沒在大屏幕上獻(xiàn)唱。所以在臨近試鏡的前幾個(gè)星期，他在拍攝《超人：鋼鐵之軀》（扮演超人的父親）之余還請了聲樂教練幫自己訓(xùn)練?！皽?zhǔn)備過程中，我變得越來越緊張。我依然唱不出自己希望聽到的那個(gè)聲音，”克洛回憶道。他從1999年的《局內(nèi)人》之后就沒再為任何一部電影進(jìn)行試鏡?！霸囩R前的一個(gè)星期，我緊張極了。我唱得太多了，把嗓子給唱啞了。好啊，離試鏡只有四天，我卻失聲了。但我只是想著那首歌。那一天，聲音自然而然就出來了，就是我一直想要的聲音。也許是腎上腺素或者其他什么，反正在第42街的那個(gè)小房間，就在百老匯旁，我唱出來了。那聲音在房間里回蕩；湯姆讓我一遍又一遍地唱，每唱一次，我就感到自己控制得越好，一次比一次唱得好?！?/p>

來到倫敦的片場后，霍伯要求他的演員們在每一段拍攝中都要現(xiàn)場演唱——而不像一般音樂電影那樣照著預(yù)先錄制好的音軌對口型。“這給銀幕上的音樂劇帶來了不同的感覺，”霍伯說?！斑M(jìn)行現(xiàn)場演唱時(shí)，演員們能夠真正地邊唱邊想?！?/p>

同樣令人難以置信的是，這是克洛和杰克曼這兩位澳洲明星的首度合作?！拔覀兿嘧R已久，羅素推掉的角色成就了我的職業(yè)生涯，”杰克曼說?！斑@次合作，我們更親密了。在拍攝的最后一天，我們兩個(gè)看看對方，說道：‘該死的，我們會想念這次（拍戲經(jīng)歷）的?！睂τ诳寺鍋碚f，這段經(jīng)歷既讓他有所收獲，又讓他惴惴不安?！拔覐臎]唱過像《悲慘世界》里那么有挑戰(zhàn)性的歌，我的聲音也從沒達(dá)到過那種水平。我現(xiàn)在還是不確定自己有否做到。我想，當(dāng)電影面世后，我就會知道答案?！蔽覀兊綍r(shí)會迫不及待地和他一道沖進(jìn)電影院的。

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《悲慘世界》是法國作家維克多·雨果（1802-1885）于1862年發(fā)表的一部長篇小說，是19世紀(jì)最著名的小說之一。小說描繪了19世紀(jì)初期的法國生活，涵蓋了拿破侖戰(zhàn)爭和之后的十幾年。本書氣勢恢宏，有多條故事線，但主線集中講述了冉·阿讓的一生。

19世紀(jì)的巴黎，冉·阿讓為了挨餓的孩子偷了一塊面包，結(jié)果被判處19年苦役。獲釋后，走投無路的冉·阿讓被好心的米里哀主教感化，決心重新做人。十年后，他成了一名成功的商人并當(dāng)上市長。他收養(yǎng)了苦命女工芳汀的孤女珂賽特，視她為掌上明珠。然而，平靜的生活即將被打破——柯賽特與共和派貴族青年馬呂斯相戀，轟轟烈烈的巴黎共和黨人起義爆發(fā)了，無賴德納迪埃和冉·阿讓狹路相逢，而多年來從未放棄追捕冉·阿讓的警長沙威又出現(xiàn)在冉·阿讓的面前……