Samantha Barks as Eponine in Les Miserables in the West End 2011 *I DO NOT OWN LES MISERABLES* No Copyright Intended
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@devanrachel30859 жыл бұрын
Samantha Barks is the BEST Eponine. And she's so lucky, because she has played Eponine 3 times. West End, the 25th anniversary concert, and the movie.
@hillmiss17364 жыл бұрын
You are incredibly mistaken. Lea Salonga *is* the best Eponine. She did the role with so much expression without looking obnoxious. Every phrase is articulated properly and her intonation is just perfect. Samantha is great but saying that she played this role the best is disrespect to Lea.
@jandreamarquez84804 жыл бұрын
I 'd like to say that the title for the best Eponine is Lea Salonga, it was the reason that she was cast as Eponine in the 20th anniversary Dream Cast. Claude-Michel the composer for Les Mis even said so himself. Samantha Barks is my second favourite Eponine, on stage she wasn't able to show the softness of death because performing on stage is extremely hard while you have to sing live- but her movie version of a little fall of rain was extremely good. It had the emotions and it tugs on your heartstrings completely.
@mayapfarr24223 жыл бұрын
I love Samantha barks to!!!! So many people have played Eponine so well and one day I hope to play her too!! Barks is so so inspiring~
@lizziethompson41313 жыл бұрын
I love Lea I just don’t think she was quite right for Eponine. I loved her as Fantine and as Kim but Sam’s ability to bring Eponine to life is impeccable. Lea’s my second favorite, but no one can beat Samantha
@lilysophie83513 жыл бұрын
Never seen someone acting and singing the role of Eponine better than Melissa O'Neil!
@purplejelly35216 жыл бұрын
Oh...That broke me in the most beautiful ways.The way Samantha hiccups and wracks her body and gradually sings softer makes it feel like she really is dying...
@broadwaybaby202410 жыл бұрын
Just as Eponine attempted to kiss Marius but died just centimeters away from kissing him was remarkable and that alone made me cry along with Marius' reaction to her death. Flawless
@gracelannsaban41646 жыл бұрын
😥😥
@theQuestion6265 жыл бұрын
broke down in tears when I realize that she was going in to kiss him and I don't know if he was going to reciprocate the kiss but... She died before that mattered anyway
@AliaRosedreamer7 жыл бұрын
SHE SOMEHOW MANAGES TO SHATTER MY HEART IN LITERALLY ONE PHRASE. EVERY TIME I HEAR "DON'T YOU FRET, MONSIEUR MARIUS" I FEEL MY HEART EXPLODE INTO A NUMBER OF PIECES THAT HAS NO NUMBER IT'S SO MANY.
@-sbocciare22777 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SAME BUT I CRIED MORE WHEN I READ THE BOOK THAN WHEN I SAW THE MOVIE OOPS
@EmbraceTheInevitable10 жыл бұрын
The part where Eponine looks up to kiss Marius always kills me. I cry everytime
@tomgallowitz7 жыл бұрын
Sam is a brilliant Éponine, right up there with Frances and Lea.
@zoemacsmusic4 жыл бұрын
Carrie hope fletcher Is another amazing eponine
@tomgallowitz Жыл бұрын
@@zoemacsmusic Agreed
@LegolasForever9710 жыл бұрын
You can literally hear people holding back tears or crying in the audience. Flawless!
@Melissa-xg1th7 жыл бұрын
I love that Marius actually looks upset after she dies. like when he yells no it actually broke my heart
@cijmo10 жыл бұрын
I wish they would have let Sam sing like this in the movie
@Blueboyo19 жыл бұрын
cijmoalbal I agree - the technique they used for the singing/music was truly unforgiveable. The few of the cast who really are singer/actors were just lost and those who were not "singers" were absolutely crippled. Usually I cannot help weeping during this show. But at the movie I was near to weeping with disappointment.
@cijmo9 жыл бұрын
Blueboyo1 I really wasn't disappointed to the point of tears. Long before I saw it, I had a talk with myself to not even expect anything close to the stage so I wasn't disappointed. If anything, I was disappointed before it came out to hear that Russell Crowe was going to play Javert. I like the movie for what it is (but for Crowe's singing, I skip over Stars), I just felt they held Samantha back in her two numbers. I'm just forever thankful that they actually used a stage star and kickass singer for Enjolras LOL.
@beyondbirthday59719 жыл бұрын
while I agree that Sam was held back in the movie, and that this version of the song is more beautiful, I thought the movie version was more believable. In this version, Eponine is singing really powerfully one second, and is dead the next- in the movie she seems weaker, making it more believable that she is dying.
@marleygreen38668 жыл бұрын
while i agree that the movie was a disappointment, you really can't compare how one actor sings and acts on a stage versus in a movie. in the movie, the camera is right up close to her face. she can't act as big as she would on a stage, because the audience is closer. as for the singing, the director was trying to make it more believable. going for the pretty version of the songs seems selfish, as the point of the movie is to focus on the acting rather than the music, and the stage focuses more on the musical numbers.
@wisepickle57245 жыл бұрын
Me too, especially since I love Eddie Redmayne so much.
@Marukiswife10 жыл бұрын
I literally just bawled my eyes out right now watching this , Sam was perfect during this scene she is one of the few Éponines that can make me cry like a baby during this scene ;-;
@nathanfogg591810 жыл бұрын
The best Little Fall of Rain I have ever seen. Samantha Barks is lovely, but it is the actor playing Marius that makes this so special. His reactions and pain through this show how much their friendship meant to him and when she says "I'll sleep in your embrace, at last" He looks as though he is shocked to discover she loves him like that,. Such good acting. Most Marius just sit there... and you kind of hate the character for that... not this guy
@ranawulan10 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@emilylancaster66657 жыл бұрын
did anyone else hear the little "no" from him when she sang that as well?😭
@annmitchell46634 жыл бұрын
Gareth Gates...he was a pop star.
@Baby_Belle7774 жыл бұрын
“I’ll sleep in your embrace at last” me: dies inside
@Little_Lotta4 жыл бұрын
I truly think this is the best rendition of this scene I’ve ever seen. Marius portrays the pain he’s in so well.
@hanibuni9 жыл бұрын
sam barks rocks ok this is gold she's perfect ep
@janemcfaddenmeep41998 жыл бұрын
💝
@NellasxElensar11 жыл бұрын
I wish the book Marius's reaction to Éponine's death was as grieving... I love this cast
@addyp27087 жыл бұрын
"I'm here" BOI YOU GOT THESE EMOTIONS GOING WHY YOU GOTTA SAY IT LIKE THAT!!!
@lucigirl97811 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love how marius would add little improv words here and there. It made me cry even harder. Marius was great an Sam is the BEST EPONINE THAT EVER LIVED!!!!!
@thejazzpolice2111 жыл бұрын
I've watched I Dreamed A Dream so many times that it doesn't hurt my soul when I watch it anymore, but I can't see to do it with this...
@Baby_Belle7774 жыл бұрын
Samantha Barks is the best Eponine, no one can change my mind
@margop88848 жыл бұрын
There chemistry is great!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHH IM DYING ON TYE INSIDE!!! The feels
@girijagirija176 жыл бұрын
Margo P . LP
@nicolewhinnett64111 жыл бұрын
Samantha barks is perfect...
@iamtotallyunseen9 жыл бұрын
Why is Marius wearing Enjolras's clothes?
@ycp41944 жыл бұрын
Right???? I watched this without ever having seen this performance and I thought it was Enjolras singing
@michaelwalters494 жыл бұрын
As has been said before: I could listen to Sam Barks sing the phonebook !
@ptrocks999 жыл бұрын
in the end when they didnt kiss is wen i cried my eyes out
@swiftfirebolt69226 жыл бұрын
And this is why Gareth should have been Marius in the movie or 25th anniversary.
@marylobello84395 жыл бұрын
LOVE this song. I've seen Les Miz eight times on Broadway, and it is the only song that I cry during EVERY TIME I see it. The emotions, the love, the angst is so perfect. I think everyone can relate to Eponine's unrequited love for Marius, and this is the culmination. To give her life for the love of her life...heartwrenching. The way that Victor Hugo wrote her death in Les Miz is also a tear-jerker. This song really captures that spirit.
@athompson266111 жыл бұрын
OMG, I had tears Rollin down my cheeks by the end of this performance. Just another stunning performance given by Samantha Barks...no surprise :-)
@kale35636 жыл бұрын
3:00 oh my god stop making me cry
@janemcfaddenmeep41998 жыл бұрын
love Sam the coughing person annoyed me
@cierra694011 жыл бұрын
this song makes me cry every time i listen to it Samantha Barks..... she was born to play Eponine, she should play her in 2014 on Broadway
@MeganTheMezzo11 жыл бұрын
I'm not crying. There's just a heartwrenching musical in my eye.
@ashleighelizabethmurray38939 жыл бұрын
I think the west end is so much better than the anniversary concerts. The concerts focus on the voice and don't really act it out as well. I couldn't tell gavroche or fantine died. They don't have any scenery tbh and it feels like your watching a bunch of songs instead of a musical. Acting and performance is just as important. That is why this wins by far
@tomgallowitz7 жыл бұрын
shattered beautyx plus you also don't see everyone else's (the ensemble) reactions to what's happening.
@laurencenoble36297 жыл бұрын
shattered beautyx they're concerts. They're supposed to be just the songs. The costume and set is a bonus
@KatThePuppyGirl11 жыл бұрын
This is my all time favourite version of this song.... I love Samantha Barks...She's the best Eponine ever...
@sweetlovesing10 жыл бұрын
samanthaaaaaaaaaa :''''''''(
@joliepham42095 жыл бұрын
This Marius is WAY better than the one in movie. He actually felt upset after Eponine died, unlike in the movie he just wept for 2 or 3 seconds, than started to mourn for Cosette!
@nicolewhinnett64111 жыл бұрын
Samantha Barks is and always will be the best Eponine
@sarapetizzi85376 жыл бұрын
I will never be able to watch the performances of this song and not cry.
@CWazBroadwayBandGeek10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and heart breaking...all at once. ♥️
@BritZ19979 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to listen to this beautiful song and then I ended up crying.
@Lavendersighs10 жыл бұрын
THERE'SABOYCLIMBINGTHEBARRICAAAADE!
@hannahbyrne768610 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite ALFOR ever!
@alfiourso45872 жыл бұрын
Watching this and I’ve a tear or two. Beautifully done. 😢👏🏼
@Thepixiebella8 жыл бұрын
Five millionth time watching this, and I just died with my OTP. 😭
@leiaisms7 жыл бұрын
Fuddy Duddy Bella Exactly how I feel 😂😭😭😭😭
@euanwill518811 жыл бұрын
Samantha did really good in the movie but she did even better here. It should have been like this in the movie
@MeganRebecca2711 жыл бұрын
Im sorry guys, I always thought I would say Samantha was the best Eponine but after seeing Carrie yesterday... I honestly cant decide they are both so perfect
@kirstygraceanderson631710 жыл бұрын
Most heart-wrenching moment..... We'll love you for ever Sam!!!
@MouseHouse5211 жыл бұрын
I love how well they sing for sitting and lying down.
@1HGNiall11 жыл бұрын
Sam
@tomadams55827 жыл бұрын
4 years after Valjean dies and 3 years of marriage with Cossette , Marius realizes his mistake . ( sung to the music of Empty chairs and Empty Tables ) " " My God please forgive me, but this marriage is all screwed up , Cossette is a freak'n nut job , I wasted 3 years , I've had enouph . She insists that I'm unfaithful , then she tells me she might be gay , I "ve already packed my bags , leav'n toooodayyyyyyyyyyy"
@naptimeeverytime82919 жыл бұрын
It should have been like this in the movie!
@cynthiabauer184111 жыл бұрын
I can't help cry.... I never have been able to watch this all without balling.
@DisneyAndSpiritLover7 жыл бұрын
This one is by far my favorite, omg :o
@victoriahamiltonburt460410 жыл бұрын
Samantha your amazing cute Eponine every I love how u do Eponine
@MouseHouse5211 жыл бұрын
Samantha barks RULES!
@Elanel11 жыл бұрын
I LOVE how Enjolras runs up to make sure "the boy" is okay, and wait till her little wave until moving off.
@kirasnook7 жыл бұрын
I love the actor who played Marius
@SamanthaBarksSprout11 жыл бұрын
Sam makes me cry everytime i hear her sing this song :(
@janemcfaddenmeep41998 жыл бұрын
does anyone know how to edit out the coughing person. really ruining it
@amiliyaaili4 жыл бұрын
amazing . pure talent
@HeyBails9611 жыл бұрын
'I dont think i can stand any more' *falls over* i see what you did there...
@Emma-rr2ll6 жыл бұрын
HeyBails96 😂
@faddy123100010 жыл бұрын
im glad im not sat next to the coughing person .beautiful
@TheTeaserking6 жыл бұрын
gorgeous
@kirstygraceanderson631710 жыл бұрын
My fave scene
@hermesjohnwixk52817 жыл бұрын
Man im so confused because of the costume. That's supposed to be Eljonras costume right? Hahaha
@victoriabitong478111 жыл бұрын
Awww he kept her in memory of her
@sunnyside104011 жыл бұрын
I'm crying in the wurst way right now
@MrWill90024 жыл бұрын
I'm calling it: samantha banks is the #1 Eponine
@BlueStarsFire1711 жыл бұрын
Thankyouthankyouthankyou for posting!
@adrianjenkins27044 жыл бұрын
I'm 6 foot 2. 370 pounds. I can bench my body weight and I sell guns in my day job. this grabs my heart
@alexthelizardking9 жыл бұрын
I find her getting carried away like that strangely humorous.
@lindsayashworth7815 Жыл бұрын
She finally got what she dreamed of. It cost her life. Everyone needs an Eponine.
@longtallemm11 жыл бұрын
Oh wow that hurt so much more than the film! :')
@megumigojou23305 жыл бұрын
gareth gates is so perfect. definitely my favorite marius!
@ChelBUMM9 жыл бұрын
Wow this Marius is bloody amazing! He's absolutely brilliant! What is the actor's name?
@jaronmontoya7 жыл бұрын
Chelsea von Holst I've been asking the same question!
@SventheCrusader7 жыл бұрын
That would be Gareth Gates, friends.
@annmitchell46634 жыл бұрын
Gareth Gates he came second in the pop idol show back in the day..he had a very bad stammer too.
@drama_educator10 жыл бұрын
so much better in the movie...when you re wounded you can't sing like that! I think the movie version is far more realistic and touching.
@ClairenotClary10 жыл бұрын
You're right but then you have to think that they're on stage and they need to focus more on their voices being strong and loud:)
@drama_educator10 жыл бұрын
Sure. I'm a musical performer too and what I know is that when you know the right way, you can easily combine good and strong singing with stage performance and acting. =) I really liked her in the movie, though.
@kale35636 жыл бұрын
its hard to sing for an audience when your at a border line whisper. I do agree, it is really pretty for someone dying but i like how she flinches and almost kisses him in this version. not to mention they cut out some lines in the movie
@wisepickle57245 жыл бұрын
@@drama_educator I did too, I'm also just a sucker for Eddie Redmayne, but I feel that the pain in this version is more realistic. Éponine is tough as nails, but I love how Sam had her gasp in pain, it made it so much more heart-wrenching, along with Gareth's portrayal of Marius.
@kayad7198 жыл бұрын
omg..that part when the camera showed the extras just shocked...Made me creiii
@Elanel11 жыл бұрын
Love Enjolras jumping forward to make sure the "boy" is okay.
@ambercleck50419 жыл бұрын
is very good
@techiehistorian875911 жыл бұрын
Anyone else notice how Eponine was holding her arm against her chest/only using her other arm as support (even using Marius as a support) as she was coming over the barricade? It was clear that she was wounded in some way.
@boonesnake9 жыл бұрын
Not the two best singers in these roles--I'll let Michael Ball and Lea Salonga have that title--but by far my favorite actors. CHILLS.
@eviez95409 жыл бұрын
+Andrew Boone Lea Salonga sounds to much like a mature woman to do justice to the role. Eponine is a love-struck teenager and one of the most challenging roles in the entire play to do properly due to the emotional nature of the character. Its hard to sing and act like you're dying from a gunshot wound. Lea Salonga is a great singer, but I wasn't moved to tears by her performance.
@chrishahn362511 жыл бұрын
Why didn't they take that guy as Marius in the movie :/ Brilliant - both !
@abbyh42211 жыл бұрын
I might die I am crying so hard
@deenagara9151 Жыл бұрын
Gareth is 10 times better than Nick Jonas, despite the fact I'm a fan of both singers!
@hannahtryster283811 жыл бұрын
He loves Les Miserables. Sam Barks too. But there are just some things that are confusing in Les Mis, if you truly watched the vid you'll know ;)
@jandreamarquez84807 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite version compared to the Lea Salonga version but no one can beat the voice of lea and ball's voices
@morganhollingsworth34248 жыл бұрын
i can't find Carrie and Rob anywhere urgh
@herreguda61998 жыл бұрын
+Morgan Hollingsworth I'm searching for the same thing :/ I didn't get to see them live! I'm so sad. From the clips I've seen they seemed incredible!!
@lizziethompson41313 жыл бұрын
Very late but if you’re still searching I believe Miserables Moments has the full show
@cgct101011 жыл бұрын
This is so sad
@victorias.62705 жыл бұрын
Do not listen with headphones!!
@DavidSSabb11 жыл бұрын
It was probably on her shirt the whole time and this is the first time the jacket is opened up.
@titchandstitch9510 жыл бұрын
That guy looks like Gareth Gates. Is it actually him?
@EjebeautyBlogspotCoUk10 жыл бұрын
yes :)
@victoriabitong478111 жыл бұрын
I know Eponíne feels
@LawsonPhotos7 жыл бұрын
The rain
@softballprobz1411 жыл бұрын
actually this isnt the enjolras from the movie. in the movie its played by Aaron tveit.
@hannahsolayao946711 жыл бұрын
Do you have the whole musical? =D omg frkinthanks!
@ng1990ng11 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Do you have the whole musical?
@ChristianPug11 жыл бұрын
Marius here is Gareth Gates
@euphemiasalazar36967 жыл бұрын
did marius ever loved eponine?
@szymo19777 жыл бұрын
No , he didn't
@benhayes7307 жыл бұрын
Miriam Gonzales he loved her as a sister
@kale35636 жыл бұрын
he thought they were VERY good friends and ^^ loved her like a sister. never loved her like you are thinking but they were very close
@sarahjensen129010 жыл бұрын
who played Gavroche? Samantha is my favorite Eponine ever
@serahblair23744 жыл бұрын
4:37..... Is that Hadley?
@victoriabitong478111 жыл бұрын
Am i the only one who notices that the guy who play Enjolras is in the Movie