russell crowe played police inspector javert in the 2012 film les miserables.
russell crowe played police inspector javert in the 2012 film les miserables.
who plays police inspector javert in the 2012 film les miserables?
russell crowe
bullet::::- russell crowe as javert, a police inspector dedicating his life to imprisoning valjean once again. before being cast as javert, crowe was initially dissatisfied with the character. on his way to europe for a friend's wedding, crowe came to london and met with producer cameron mackintosh. on meeting with tom hooper, he told the director about his concerns about playing javert, and after meeting with him, crowe was "determined to be involved in the project and play javert. i think it had something to do with tom's passion for what he was about to undertake, and he clearly understood the problems and he clearly understood the challenge." on visiting victor hugo's home in paris, crowe said, "[the house's curator] told me about [19th century detective eugene francois] vidocq, a man who had been both a prisoner and a policeman, the man credited with inventing undercover police work when he established the brigade de surete."
les misérables (2012 film)
the pont au change is featured in the novel "les miserables" by victor hugo. police inspector javert finds himself unable to reconcile his duty to surrender jean valjean to the authorities with the fact that valjean saved his life. he comes to the pont au change and throws himself into the seine. it also plays a role in the novel "perfume: the story of a murderer" by patrick süskind; the perfumier baldini, who takes the protagonist grenouille as his apprentice, owns a shop on the bridge. after grenouille leaves him, the bridge collapses and his house and shop, with him inside, falls into the river.
pont au change