'Les Miserables' Competition: Taylor Swift, Lea Michele, Scarlett Johansson & Evan Rachel Wood
Eyebrows are undoubtedly raised at Swift's inclusion in the casting call; she has very limited acting experience, mostly limited to her part in "Valentine's Day" and her music videos.
The film already has a fantastic cast. Anne Hathaway will play Fantine, while Hugh Jackman takes on the role of Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe will play Inspector Javert. Eddie Redmayne has been cast as Marius, and Helena Bonham Carter tackles Madame Thenardier.
When asked earlier in the fall by the Huffington Post about tabloid reports on casting rumors, Jackman seemed uninterested in the issue.
"Nah, whatever. Obviously, I don't really read them," he said. "At the end of the day, what matters is when you made the movie. All the other stuff, it's kind of amazing how much public interest there is in deal making, the how a movie gets made, I find it interesting obviously, but if I wasn't in the business, all I'd care about is watching it."