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Singer Adam Lambert has criticised Tom Hooper's new musical film, 'Les Miserables' due to its all-star cast 'pretending to be singers'.
The American Idol star believes the film has 'suffered massively' and should have concentrated on a better singing cast rather than the Hollywood actors such as Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe.
Lambert took to Twitter to vent his disappointment. He wrote: "Les Mis: Visually impressive with great emotional performances. But the score suffered massively with great actors PRETENDING to be singers... It's an opera. Hollywood's movie musicals treat the singing as the last priority".
The cast, which also includes Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway, sang live on set during filming, but Lambert believes their voices should have been pre-recorded and digitally enhanced.
Lambert continued: "With that cast, they should have studio recorded and sweetened the vocals."
"I felt like I should ignore the vocals and focus on the emotional subtext - but the singing was so distracting at times it pulled me out."
Adam Lambert wasn't impressed with the singing in new musical film Les Miserables
Les Mis star Russell Crowe has also taken to Twitter to almost agree with Lambert. Crowe wrote: "“I don’t disagree with Adam, sure it could have been sweetened,Tom Hooper wanted it raw and real, that’s how it is."
Lambert did have some kind words for the cast, however. He offered praise for several performers, including Anne Hathaway's portrayal of Fantine, Helena Bonham Carter and Sasha Baron Cohen as the Thenardiers and Samantha Barks as Eponine.
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