Performed by Ramin Karimloo, Owain Williams, Alistair Brammer, Jamie Muscato, Hadley Fraser, Nick Jonas, Students, and Women O2 Stadium, London, 2010.10.3
It's my fault to pan the camera away at 1:22 and this is for everybody who watched this video! drive.google.com/file/d/1NCxhm6DKeJ1zvUrcPa96PoTdMNpjtvG4/view?usp=drive_link
really love and respect u doing this on a 13 year-old video. what u did record was great and it's so incredibly nice to see u respond to the comments with the alternative perspective of the scene. also this is a note to anyone reading: the link is safe! 😊
Ramin as usual exudes leading character material but Hadley? He's like the adonis of the musical stage, has never failed to give the audience a deep impression of the character he's playing no matter how short the lines are. Lucky to those who had the chance to watch him play Javert and Ramin as JVJ.
THE WAY RAMIN LOOKS AT HADLEY ITS LIKE YES, THIS IS THE MAN I NAMED MY SON AFTER, I CANT EVEN EXPLAIN THE EMOTIONS AND HOW WELL THEY CAPTURE ENJOLRAS AND GRANTAIRE UGH IM LOVE then it switches to nick jonas and i want to cry for different reasons
i know, their relationship just makes me 😭😻😭😻 and also ur completely right about nick jonas, i don’t think he was right for the part honestly in my opinion he ruins the 25th anniversary concert for me. his voice was too squeaky and teenage-popstar-ish 💘 but ramin and hadley as enjolras and grantaire is PERRFFEECCTTT 😻😻
We were at this concert and it was fantastic apart from Nick Jonas. The only reason we could think of for Cameron Mackintosh casting him was to sell tickets to young people but they needn’t have worried it would have sold out four times over without him. How could they give Hadley Fraser a ‘bit part’ with his voice and acting talent, perhaps they thought he was too old for Marius? There were so many top talented young actors ‘ singers in the UK at the time that they could have given the part to. I still can’t work it out. Every time there is an ensemble singing piece in the show like this one it’s great until he joins in and then it’s Cringe time!
@@brianappleby5112 i rlly dont know much about nick jonas, and I think they could've definitelly casted someone better. BUT, i dont think he deserves so much hate here. He sings nice and if i was only listening i don't think I would've thought that that part was weak. Could be better but no need to exaggerate. Tho i underestand what you say and i completely agree
@@Siegfried1917 I think what they mean is that he would have possibly had a chance at survival or escaping, but he chose not to, because he would rather die with Enjolras
Grantaire loves Enjolras (may even be in love with him). He doesn't really believe in the cause, but in the young man leading them. When he pulls away from Enjolras after the line "Could it be your death means nothing at all?" he is all but saying that it will mean everything to him. So even though he has a deeply cynical outer shell, he later chooses to die with his friend, in part so that Enjolras will not have to die alone, and also so that he will not have to live without him. It's incredibly moving to me, far more so than Marius mewling about Cosette five minutes after Eponine has sacrificed her life for him.
+ReviewCam mind you he totally shone with those few lines as the best singer in the whole movie. I heard people on the way out of the cinema asking who the officer with the moustache was so he certainly made an impact! Put the rest of them (bar Sam, Aaron and the Barricade Boys) to shame anyway!!
I love how Ramin smiles at Hadley and then suddenly becomes serious when he sings: Can it be your fear to die? and how they stare at each other.. soo moving. I always have a lump in my throat watching this.. Ramin is just awesome :))
The Ramin/Hadley portrayals of Enjolras/Grantaire was what cemented everything for me. The intensity of their interaction simply takes over the stage (and my attention) - they have so chemistry it's almost electrifying.
I must have watched this a hundred times, because I keep hoping the next time the camera won't pan away from the Enjoltaire. Maybe I'll try or more time...
dropUrPeaches That is Ramin Karimloo, currently playing Jean Valjean on Broadway. I've seen him and he is AMAZING. I am going to see him in August in his last show. I am so excited....he is so talented and BEAUTIFUL!!
dropUrPeaches you do know that the definition of madness is doing the same thing and expecting different results, right? (jk i've been replaying this vid over and over) :D
There are two types comments: -those frustrated by Enjolas and Grantaire -those disappointed in Nick's performance. But is nobody going to talk about how breathtaking the choir's performance is starting at 1:10 and the violins in the background ?
The best/worst part was when R starts singing and enjolras’s smiling that dopey ass smile, looking towards the others like LOOK HES ENGAGING IN EARNEST IM SO PROUD and then R gets to the second verse and his face just falls. Ramin’s one hell of an actor, crazy subtle for theater without sacrificing emotion
One of my favorite moments in the show is when Granitiere (sp?) sings his part. While a very small role, it is a very important one... the cynic of the bunch, he really sings the truth... what a waste of lives... "Is you life just one more lie?". I hate when that part of the performance is glossed over. I actually liked a lot of the movie (Russell Crowe not withstanding), but hated that they cut that part of the song.
the actual lyric is "Is your life, just one more life" which makes it even more sad when you realize that he's basically talking to Enjolras in particular in a remorseful way
i JUST realized that Grantaire (aka hadley fraiser) is Raoul from POTO, it feels so weird yet strangely heartwarming seeing the phantom and raoul standing side by side like that!
Les Mis has the most beautifully written songs, and even though this is not the most famous one, I think it’s the absolute best. I get chills at so many different parts of the song… especially when Hadley sings, and also when the women come in. This just never gets old!
In the official recording, where it shows all of E and R's exchange, it just gives me a lot of feelings. R attempts to leave and is stopped by the man he admires more than anyone else. They get into an argument that we don't hear, neither one of them rejoining the song. Eventually, R stops talking and just puts his hand on the back of E's neck, caressing his face and E just looks at him.They walk off before the song finishes, arms around each other. (Error 404 Heterosexuality Not Found)
The best Grantaire ever. But I can't help but think that Ramin is trying to control Hadley while he sings in case he forgot his lines. Like "I'm standing right behind you, mate! And I have a rifle here. Don't you dare to miss a word!"
I forgot that Nick Jonas was playing Marius in this scene, and it was so disappointing when it came to Marius' part, because I love that part and I was like "aw yas, Marius time" and then Nick Jonas started singing.
Sydney Rutter Im so with you. Marius, well Michael Ball as Marius has some of my favorite parts. Jonas really almost ruined this whole concert. That may be going too far but he DEFINITELY ruined One Day More with his weakness. He just brought the energy way down
J Bo Does it also bother you that at the end of One Day More, Nick is literally the ONLY one who is not looking straight forward? They pan out and everyone else is looking forward and there he is with his head awkwardly/stiffly turned toward the mic and it just bugs the shit out of me every time lol
You might not even care about les mis now but I found a version where it doesn't pan away! "Les Miserables 25th - Drink With Me" is the video title, 0:28, sadly there's no kiss but it's still a p cute moment between them
Ha! I've always felt Enjolras was far too wrapped up with the ABC to be bothered with romance....And feel Grantaire admires him hugely, but not in a sexual way. It's beautifully done here though.
I have to back up what Keladrys said, I have never done that with any of my friends (the males one, I mean), too much intimacy on just one touch. Fuck, watch this gives too much e/R feels.
Katherine Nguyen You're right, he does. But his hand does linger by his face like he's unsure what to do and then he put it on Enjolras' neck/shoulder and it's still a very wonderfully bromantic gesture.
Amber s oddly enough I'm going to disagree with you - this was "a concert performance" so they wanted the best voices they could get especially in the secondary roles - thanks to this concert I was introduced to Les Mis and fell in love with Ramin & Hadley's voices - from here I went to Phantom and then Love Never Dies - so I'm glad they were both cast as they were 🤗
There's a version up on youtube which doesn't pan away, its title is "Les Miserables 25th - Drink With Me", it's at 0:28 of it, spoiler alert: unfortunately they don't kiss
Hadley is just beyond amazing. I'd give anything to see him in Les Mis some day, preferably with Ramin as well. Hadley's Javert was insanely good, been listening to the RU-vid clips over and over again.
+Bethany okay, I do agree he's not a Broadway singer... But I have to say he does bring some 'innocence' to the character... I mean Marius is suppose to be like a young man who's still in school so...
Lol, I love watching the reactions of the students when Grantaire starts singing caus they go from "hey! Grantaire's finally joining in" to "uh... let's not think about it like that"
Also, love when the women are singing "at the shrine of friendship never say die" and shows the lady, and the two men smile as though to really appreciate the soaring female voices. :)
Woah, 2 days ago I never heard of Hadley Fraser until Grantaire opened his mouth in this video! Now I’m searching RU-vid so I can hear more of his amazing voice, lol. Did a wonderful job in his few lines of the Les Mis movie. Wish he would release an album with some of the big Broadway ballads!
hadley is superb, he gets the perfect contrast that is grantaire; quick to react with anger to slowly realise his own sorrow. everyone else i've seen play him doesn't quite get his vulnerability like this.
okay so obviously the shoulder touch but omg the look he's giving him while he's singing the part abt being afraid to die holy shit stop playing with my feelings
Jessie Ravestein consider this. He’s 17. That means not many years of training. Everyone else is a lot older and has had many mire years of training and experience. It’s not like he has never been in stage before. He was Gavroche once upon a time.
I love, love, love that scene of Enjolras and Grantaire, because in the book it says that he's cynical to his core, he believes in nothing... nothing but Enjolras. The adoration he has for this man is astonishing. He even compares him to Apollo and Achilles and i believe, but I'm not sure, with him as Patroclus? (I'd have to read it again) But yeah, they have something so beautiful. I 100% believe Grantaire at least was in love with Enjolras.
No he has a musical theatre background. He's played Gavroche, Chip in Beauty and the Beast, and Kurt in Sound of Music all before he's boy band career. Also he was the Marius on West End right before the 25th concert.
His vocal type isn't adequate for Marius, it doesn't hold enough support. If they had casted a Marius based on talent they would probably have not have casted Nick Jonas. They could have casted Andy Mientus, Craig Mather, Chris McCarrell, etc. It's just my opinion though.
I have mentally blocked Nick Jonas from this show so every time I watch it, it's a terrible surprise he's there. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say maybe he's better in a full on performance - this set up is a bit awkward, so maybe he's not used to it - but when he's on stage with Alfie, Ramin, Hadley, etc. …the difference between him and them is glaring.
So late to this but I wonder if it was scripted or just the natural reaction of the cast to Hadley singing that people around just looked up and smiled. So beautiful
I could cheerfully throttle whoever edited the 25th anniversary dvd. What a gret moment between Ramin and Hadley. I know Love Never Dies has it's issues, but I'd pay good money to hear the two of them together in Devil Take The Hindmost.
I read some comments, like the Zaftra's ones, and I copied here what 3neelh was talking about. "All those words: rights of the people, rights of man, the social contract, the French Revolution, the Republic, democracy, humanity, civilization, religion, progress, came very near to signifying nothing whatever to Grantaire. He smiled at them. Scepticism, that caries of the intelligence, had not left him a single whole idea. He lived with irony". "However, this sceptic had one fanaticism. This fanaticism was neither a dogma, nor an idea, nor an art, nor a science; it was a man: Enjolras. Grantaire admired, loved, and venerated Enjolras." "There are men who seem to be born to be the reverse, the obverse, the wrong side. They are Pollux, Patrocles, Nisus, Eudamidas, Ephestion, Pechmeja. They only exist on condition that they are backed up with another man; their name is a sequel, and is only written preceded by the conjunction and; and their existence is not their own; it is the other side of an existence which is not theirs. Grantaire was one of these men. He was the obverse of Enjolras. One might almost say that affinities begin with the letters of the alphabet. In the series O and P are inseparable. You can, at will, pronounce O and P or Orestes and Pylades." As you may see, they are compared to Achiles and Patrocles, Alexander The Great and Ephestion (Hephaistion). Those of the most know "couples" in the history. (You could all the research you want to about them and the other ones, I put those two because they are more known than the others).
The producers wanted someone who "would bring in the young people". They chose Nick Jonas. (Like the play it self wouldn't be enough to bring them anyway)
Jarod Apple I agree but it should have been just a different Marius. I think Hadley plays Grantaire beautifully and portrays the E/R bromance very well
EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FOUND A VERSION WHERE IT DOESN'T PAN AWAY AT 1:22 (though it has terrible audio quality)!!! Its title is "Les Miserables 25th - Drink With Me" on youtube. The moment is at its 0:28. Spoiler alert: it's not as gay as it could've been, but it's still a really cute moment between them
