Philip Quast in Javert's suicide

Javert's suicide from Musical Les Miserables - Philip Quast

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[RenaJackie]

Saying Crowe did a bad job is an opinion, not a fact. I thought he did a good job, but he of course could've used much more emotion at some parts.

[Stormwitch2000]

People should stop calling Quast a classically trained singer. He is NOT, he is a classically trained ACTOR who has never studied singing which makes his achievement as Javert even more remarkable. And two actors COULD be compared in terms of how they capture the character as it was written in the original musical and book. What bothers me is how many people assume Quast is not an actor but a singer...do some research into his career before you classify him as something he's not.

[Ace Axe Hillson]

the thing with Crowe playing Jarvet, is it was rather fitting for the majoirty of Jarvets performance. That sort of hardcore 'robot'. But Crowe could not sing well enough to compare to Quast in the more emotional scenes. Such as this.

[esprit15d]

He's in the new Superman movie as Jor-El, if you want to see him again.

[MrPeepiopi]

Crowe's voice was too low for the role. Javert's songs would have been more comfortable in a tenor range. I've always thought Paul Giamatti would have been an awesome Javert. Too bad we got Crowe instead.

[Paul Stcloud]

No way to go on !!!!!!

[Paul Stcloud]

No way to go on !!

[NataliePictures]

Brilliant. Just Brilliant.

[basketballmarco]

its not about the acting its about how crow sang and you can objectively say that quast is a lot better...

please be rational

[Stormwitch2000]

Of course, stage and movie acting are different, and one cannot compare two acting genres. But one could compare two actors in the same role (Quast is a film actor as well) whether and to what extent they captured the essential features and characteristics of that role. Especially if the character is an iconic literary figure in one of the greatest classical, and in fact, romantic novels of all time.

[Stormwitch2000]

Quast sounds like a romantic? Usually people complain how harsh he sounds (which is correct for the character) compared with Crowe's nice and soft lullaby/prayer. And 'sappy'...no way. Have you seen the rest of Quast's performance? His interpretation in 'The Confrontation', for example, is spot on, as is his part during the barricades scene (Les Mis 10/7). Crowe, though I usually love him, came across much duller and less vivacious as Javert IMO. But of course, views differ and that's ok.

[rookiekookiemonster]

Movie acting, even in musicals, has a profound difference to stage acting as well.