Les Miserables -2012 -

And that, in the end, is the most Les Misérables story of all: an actor destroying himself to give a performance about a man who destroys himself—all to bring a moment of grace to a darkened screen.

For most of the cast, this was grueling but manageable. For Hugh Jackman, playing Jean Valjean, it became a waking nightmare. les miserables -2012

Years later, Jackman admitted in an interview: "I probably shouldn't have done it. I might have done permanent damage. But Valjean gives everything he has for others. For those few minutes, I wanted to know what that felt like." And that, in the end, is the most