Can you imagine George Blagden actually delivering the line, “Long live the Republic!” though?
I think he’d start off shouting, needing to get the guards to notice him, needing to get Enjolras to notice him. Then quieting a bit on the ‘republic’ part, because what he’s saying isn’t quite as important as who he’s saying it for, and it’d sound like all of Grantaire’s canonical last lines (“Long live the Republic”/”I am one of them”/”Do you permit it?” all rolled into one, and then he’d walk forward with that beautiful expression that did make it into the film
And it would break my heart