The new film adaptation of Les Misérables is a big hit at the box office, but would it have been even bigger with Taylor Swift as one of the stars? The film's producer Cameron Mackintosh confirms to Showbiz411.com that Taylor did audition for the role of Eponine. He describes her as a "lovely woman" who is "talented" and "completely un-starry," but that wasn't enough to win Taylor the role over the unknown Samantha Barks.

Cameron says, "Nearly every name you’ve heard in the gossip columns are true, came up for Eponine, and it’s wonderful I think that somebody completely unknown got it.”

As for the added audience Taylor Swift could have brought to the movie, Cameron says, "We didn’t need it. Les Misérables is the star."

Sure it was a big hit but you can bet your bottom dollar it would have been a BIGGER hit with Miss Swift.  Have you seen it yet? 

~Vanessa