some acting choices I made when I played Lesgles (and Babet and Feuilly!) in my schoolâs production of Les Mis:
In Red and Black, when Grantaire got up to do his âSome wine and say whats going onâ at Marius, I stood and pushed him back into his seat, which was very comical because Iâm about ten inches shorter than him.
When Eponine began to collapse into Marius right before A Little Fall of Rain and all the students started, I worriedly took a few steps forward, and then hastily backwards again because Lesgles assumes if he tries to help with anything it will go terribly wrong.
As Babet, I was not micâd, but Montparnasse was, so in order for me speaking very close to his mic to make sense, I made the âhe keeps himself to himself, heâs staying close to the groundâ into a little bit of ignoring Thernardier, and being rather annoyed when he jumped in with the âI SMELL PROFIT HEREâ. Like dude, âParnasse and I were having a cool bro moment. Do you mind?
Due to a weird backstage turn of events, closing night I was playing Lesgles but in addition saying Feuillyâs lines, so when I yelled the âSNIPERS!!!â line I very wildly looked around to see if anyone heard, because of course Lesgles is going to assume, with his luck, no one will hear his warning and thatâs why they all die.
This wasnât a choice, but the second performance, as I stumbled off the barricade during the deaths, I tried to balance my musket on top of the barricade. As I fell off the barricade myself, it tumbled down as well and clocked me directly in the temple. It was very in character.