Josh O'Connor

We now know him best for his work in hit shows and films like The Crown, Challengers and the upcoming Knives Out movie Wake Up Dead Man, but Josh O’Connor has revealed that long before he was an international name, there was one major role he missed out on.

During a new interview with Radio Times, Josh revealed that his first ever audition was for the role of Marius in the film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables, which arrived in cinemas in 2012.

“They were auditioning everyone! But I didn’t know that,” the Emmy winner recalled. “I don’t have any actors in my family, so everything was new to me.”

Having never seen Les Mis on stage at the time, Josh swotted up on Marius’ song Empty Chairs At Empty Tables,........

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