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A stunning beauty who just never seems to age, Anne Hathaway is one of the best talents in the entire entertainment industry. Through fan-favorite masterpieces likeThe Princess Diariesfilm series (2001-04),The Devil Wears Prada(2006), andLes Misérables(2012), she has proven to be a versatile actress by effortlessly slipping into different moods as per what the role required of her.
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During a recent interview withVanity Fair, she expressed the same while talking about this particular movie and her character Fantine in it. Talking about her character,The Princess Diariesactress initially said:
I just feel really bad for her.
Because of the awful turn of events that lay ahead of her fan-favorite character in the movie, it is indeed understandable why Hathaway claims she feels“really bad”for her.
However,The Idea of Youactressholds a different and much deeper perspective on feeling this way for Fantine — one that could, with deep contemplation, move even the hardest of hearts with ease.
Anne Hathaway Finds it “Hard to Watch” Fantine inLes Misérables
Continuing during the same interview, Hathaway then talked about the “Come to Me” scene in theHugh Jackman-starrer where a heartbroken Fantine sings about meeting Cossette before collapsing onto her death bed one last time after finding out she hadn’t been rescued.
Sharing her own heart-wrenching interpretation of the song that she imagined and shared with her mother,The Devil Wears PradaOscar-winning actress said:
You know, when you’re watching a match go out and you just hope it stays alight but it shrinks, and you just want it to hold on but it doesn’t? That’s what the song is for me. It’s the extinguishing of a flame, which is just so sad. So when I see that, I’m watching someone’s life, like, drain out of them, so it’s just, it’s hard to watch.
Whilethe Oscar-winning film is already enough to bring viewers to tears, this particular perspective further makes it all the more tear-jerking.
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All of this being said, it becomes only understandable why Anne Hathaway finds it so thoroughly“hard to watch”theRussell Crowe-starrer movie and her respective character in it, considering how she was even brought to tears just talking about it.
You can watchLes Misérableson Netflix.
Mahin Sultan
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Mahin Sultan is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, where she brings a fresh perspective to entertainment news. Having been in the field for over 3 years now, she has already written more than 2,000 articles across a variety of niches, from entertainment to health and fashion. This diverse experience has allowed her to quickly build a solid foundation and a deep understanding of the industry.
