Grantaire looking at Enjolras
It still amazes me someone assigned to an ensemble role in a movie full of Hollywood actors based on a musical that gives very little opportunity to the ensemblians was so heavily invested in giving a well informed portrayal of the character that in spite of how little screen time he got he worked in as much character building and subtext as he did like wow.
Honestly, first time I saw the Les Mis movie I didn’t know much about it. But when George Blagden as Grantaire came on screen he struck me. No idea why. He’s good looking of course. But there was something in his acting that just kept catching my eye; a sadness, a mischief, a humor. It was incredible to watch coz here was a character I had no idea of, not even his name, but I got so invested in him by the end of the film I had to find out. George did such a great job.