Taylor Swift has recounted auditioning alongside actor Eddie Redmayne for the movie adaption of Les Miserables including that she was there for “an excellent time however not for a very long time”.
The singer, 32, and Oscar-winner Redmayne, appeared as visitors on The Graham Norton Present the place they spoke concerning the display take a look at for Tom Hooper’s 2012 model of the well-known manufacturing.
Swift mentioned: “Mainly I used to be up for 2 roles – I had the look of Cosette and the vary vocally of Eponine, so it was established I used to be there for an excellent time however not for a very long time, I wasn’t going to get the function.
“However they requested if I wish to go to London to do a display take a look at with Eddie, who’s considered one of my favorite actors, and I believed ‘This isn’t an expertise I’m going to get once more in my life’, so I mentioned sure.
“Once I acquired there they put me in full nineteenth century road urchin costume and informed me they have been going to color my enamel brown and I used to be like, ‘You will do this after I meet Eddie Redmayne, proper?’
“However no, they made me appear to be dying and it turned a nightmare. Once I met Eddie I didn’t open my mouth to talk!”
Redmayne, who performed Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables, and was named greatest actor on the Academy Awards for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Principle Of Every little thing, added: “I believed we might simply be singing off one another – I didn’t know we might be in one another’s arms.
“My overriding reminiscence of it’s that I had had pizza and garlic dough balls beforehand and all I may take into consideration was my garlic breath whereas Taylor was dying in my arms and I used to be making an attempt to indicate emotion.”
I’d Do Something star Samantha Barks landed the function of Eponine within the movie, with Hollywood star Anne Hathaway taking part in Fantine and Mamma Mia! actress Amanda Seyfried taking part in Cosette alongside Hugh Jackman’s Jean Valjean.
Swift launched her new album Midnights final week to rave evaluations, with it breaking the Spotify file for most-streamed album in a single day.
She informed Norton: “It’s all about sleepless nights and the hour of midnight.
“I’ve had sleepless nights all via my life and there’s such depth when you find yourself up all night time. It’s an idea album and the primary query is ‘What retains you up at night time?’.”
On the response to the album, she mentioned: “I’m thrilled,” including jokingly: “However, I do assume it’s a bit of accusatory when individuals say I broke Spotify. It was my attractive followers that broke Spotify!”
Different visitors showing on the BBC present embrace U2 star Bono, BBC presenter and former Lioness Alex Scott and singer Woman Blackbird.
The Graham Norton Present airs on BBC One on Friday at 10.40pm.
