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I hate that Samantha didn’t break out as a star from this performance alone. She’s such an incredibly talented actress and singer, a born star

You should react to her singing this in Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary! She was eponine on west end before the movie and she slayed❤️

Samantha Barks is honestly one of my favorite performers. From starting on ALWs “I’d Do Anything”, to find a Nancy for his production of Ol!ver, to Elsa in Frozen. And yes, this entire movie was sung live. On My Own was probably one of my favorite numbers because it was the most believable. You’re unrequited love chose someone else, you’re in the cold rain…you’re essentially in pain.

I was lucky enough to see her playing Eponine in the West End back in 2010. She slayed it, so I was super excited when they announced the casting for the film. They need to stop casting big names and just cast the west end stars, this performance shows why! it's their craft and they don't get enough credit for it.

It's crazy to think they told her to hold back on her vocals. They said she was making everyone sound bad, and her vocals were too powerful. She is an amazing singer, and actress. All hail the friendzone national anthem.

I know it’s kind of a controversial opinion, because everyone loves Anne Hathaway, but this performance saved the movie for me. I wasn’t a theatre person when this came out, and I was pretty disappointed with the movie overall until Sam sang this. After that, I discovered Lea Salonga’s version, and my love for theatre grew. I think Sam Barks is just incredible in this.

Sam emphasizes Eponine's childishness making her death so heartbreaking

I love that the actors sang live during filming! It makes the performances so much more pure.

In my opinion. The best Eponine by far

Truly one of the best, most underrated performance of the entire film.

First off, can we just recognize what an amazing song that is? It really lifts anyone with the chops to perform it. That's why so many singers want to perform it. That said, it takes some serious chops to perform it well, and Samantha Barks slayed it!

I've watched the movie, and i really, really cried when she sang on my own, it's so painful that makes you want to never fall in love, specially in a one big, hopeless, one sided love. I actually got stock on this part and went over and over again. I mean, the sound was so raw that gives you the feeling that you're the one feeling what she's feeling. It's so painful😭

Do “a little fall of rain” - She sings it too I love her very much , Samantha is incredible

I’d listened to many versions of this song and always loved it, but Sam really made it REAL for me….really hits you in the feels. Slayed ❤ Honestly I can rarely watch Les Mis as I end up crying so hard I get dehydrated…is it just me?! 🥺

Samantha is amazing!!! What a star!!

I'm still mad that Sam didn't win 'I'd Do Anything' in 2008, but she has had a much more prominent career than the winner so I guess it worked out okay. Cameron Mackintosh is a huge fan of hers, particularly for Les Mis and having a highly successful musical producer on side really helps. And it is deserved. Sam's range is fantastic.

Goosebumps every time I hear she singing this my gosh

I’ve been waiting for this reaction since I stumbled across Audrey reacting to Lea Salonga. Sam is everything I ever wanted in an Eponine. I can listen to this version on repeat till the cows come home. Thank you Audrey!

I just found this . I love Samantha as Eponine, she puts so much feeling and expression into each part she plays. She is the best Eponine imho. Thanks!

She played this character in the 25th anniversary concert of led mis

i absolutely love samantha barks! she’s currently playing elsa in the west end musical frozen, i got the privilege of seeing her a few months ago.. she’s even better in person!! 😍

People forget this isn’t recorded in a studio, this is LIVE! This is really good and she adds good emotion into it

Mate is saw her play Nancy in Manchester and when she sang 'he needs me' I felt the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. They actually announced at the end of the performance that she had got Eponine in the Les mis film! Awesome day!

Please do the Red and Black song with Aaron Tveit!!!!!! Aaron Tveit is one of the best voices in the movie and even on Broadway right now! Sam Barks and Aaron are what make this movie!

My mom is a piano/ voice teacher. This is by far my favorite version of my favorite musical theater song. I’ve probably seen it live 5 times and heard multiple versions. This one is the first since I first head it to have my sobbing in the theater. So much emotion! Loved your reaction.

Late in the comments… they recorded live with only a keyboard in their ear. The keyboard is FOLLOWING the artist’s lead then later they added the orchestral background… again based on how the singer acted in the moment. AbsolutEly beauTiful.

She’s so good! I remember seeing her in I’d Do Anything back in 2008, a talent show with people auditioning to play Nancy in Oliver!

I will never forget the first time my son and I watched this movie. I told him its different from other ones. I said instead of speaking their lines they sing them. Lol he didnt go for it very much. I loved it.

God I love Samantha Barks! She somehow managed to sit down and essentially curl up into a ball and still hit those notes. That’s amazing. Also the whole song barely has any cuts (camera changes) in it so could quite possibly have been shot all in one take. (Unlikely, but possible) On top of this, she is singing live whilst getting soaked from sprinklers that were making the rain. She is my favourite Eponine ever. There’s a reason she got to play the part in 3 different productions of the show.

If my memory is correct, she said that she had to learn to sing the song differently for the movie than how she'd been performing it on the stage.

I love her voice! She is amazing as this role! Yes, I remember hearing that the cast sang live because they wanted their natural emotions as they were singing as opposed to having to act and lip sync to themselves. That way they were able to show the emotion as they were singing! This movie definitely had an amazing and talented cast!

I was lucky enough to be at the O2 Anniversary Concert of Les Mis, and she was beyond incredible live. My favourite West End star. Her Let It Go in Frozen is also spectacular!

I love everything about this. Her song blew me away in the film and your reaction and comments are perfection.

Samantha Barks is just incredible - I’m desperate to see her as Elsa in the West End after her performance of Let It Go at the Royal Variety Performance a couple of years ago. Amazing!

This is one of my favorite songs in this movie and always gives me chills

Yeah you say she knows this part... at the time of being cast in the movie I am fairly certain she was in the west end cast of Les Miserable playing this part. I remember reading something they had trouble with her voice because she was too used to singing on a stage and would try to project as if she still had to get to the back row.

Samantha Barks is my second favorite Eponine, just behind Frances Ruffelle.

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I love the music from les mis and how you analyze it and describe what’s actually going on and how difficult it can be to hit the notes opens my eye to true talent

She’s just plain brilliant

Yeah, Samantha is absolutely fabulous!!! Love her! 👏❤

I’ve cried every time I hear her sing this song, beautiful!m

IMHO Samantha toned this down for the movie, when she sings this on stage she is Phenomenal!!!

Les Mis has had a ton of great singers as Eponine, but no one is anywhere as great as Samantha.

great catch on what she was doing with each of the “I love yous “.

Sam is phenomenal. Changing the way she sings for this film must have been pretty difficult especially because she would have sang it completely different during the west end/25th anniversary concert. She carried this film. She deserves so much more appreciation.

I love hearing her sing this song!

The ultimate friend zone song

“I hope it’s not cold cause it’ll be real hard on her vocals.” Sideways: *war flashbacks*

Saw her this summer as Elsa in Frozen in the West End. So good!

We need you to react to more song from this musical!!! I lov it :)

This song and the one she sings with Marius before she dies are my favorites in this musical

I never noticed the differences in the I love him lines and I'm a huge fan of the musical. It's been awhile since I watched/listened to Les Mis, but I think that the end of on my own works well as her realization of her love. Before that she shows that she's attracted to him and that she is hurt that he falls for another girl, but I don't think she says the words until On My Own.

She killed it!!

If you are doing Les Miserables right now then you need to check out the Philip Quast version of Stars from the 10th Anniversary show and the One Day More with the 17 Jean Vajeans from the same show. Both are amazing!

Spot on commentary and review

I am lucky enough to have seen her live in oliver as nancy, on the day she found out she got role as they did a massive congratulations after.

wow to sing in the rain

My favorite verison of this song

She knew the part so well because she was playing the same role as she did in the west-end version of the production

I have to disagree with you about the "I love him"s. She's stated that she loved him many times already in the song, so it's not as though she's just realizing it. I see a girl who has built up these wonderful scenes in her head where he's by her side and loving her just as much as she loves him, and she's built these scenes because of the years of abuse she's suffered at the hands of her parents, and life as a poor person at that time in general. But now, she's seen the man she loves falling in love with someone else, and it's a girl she once thought of as a sister. So she consoles herself again with her fantasies, but for the first time she pictures him singing to a different girl as she sings the first "I love him" and the idea stops her for a moment. Then as she sings the second "I love him" a little stronger, he's vanishing from her side in the fantasy and appearing by Cosette's side. The final "I love him" is her acceptance that her love for him will always remain, but it will now always be "but only on my own", as she watches the hope of their love crumble away before her eyes. And it breaks my heart even more that she follows him to the barricades knowing she could die, but not caring because she would die with him nearby and she might be able to protect him by dying in his place... because "she loves him". That's the reason for the song "A Little Fall of Rain" and the reason why it rips my heart out more than any other song in the show - that and the fate of the boy Gavroche.

the movie musical is a bit of a mess at times but my goodness do the trained singers shine through! Everyone was working on terrible circumstances and multiple takes to strain their voices, but you can really tell who has experience and everyone else is just doing their best!

Please react to a little drop of rain next! That oart of the film makes me sob every time.

Samantha is so beautiful and talented.

Dang did she sing whilst in a corset as well!?

You should look her up on I'd Do Anything. A singing competition looking for a musical lead actress for the musical Oliver!

in theatre she sings more than in movie

I don't remember when/where it was that Nick Jonas participated in a Les Mis thing, but I would love for your to react to it.

Saludos de tierra del fuego Argentina ❤bella mujer

She was the best in the whole movie.

I'm a 56 year old metalhead and she makes me weep like an infant.

Samantha was the best part of the movie.

You are going to be very horrified if you ever watch the interviews from the actors on making this movie. Hugh Jackman DEPRIVED himself of water to look the way he did in the first half of the movie. They all had to sing so many times for every take until they got the right one. This is honestly any choir kid and vocal teacher's worst nightmare. Sideways has a video explaining everything if you want a more in depth musical analysis of the movie. Here's the link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8-bpLhnrJy8l6c.html

This was as good as Anne’s efforts

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This actress also plays this part in the on stage version

Anne Hathaway was by far the best part of this movie.

Please compare to her full vocals at the 25th Anniversary concert

Can you do a comparison between her performance here and her in the 25th anniversary performance？

Samantha Barks was on Broadway playing the same part.

You should react to her performing Let it Go in Frozen!

You should react to k/da ❤️ they are amazing 😊

I feel like you should React to this girl named jada cover of colors of the wind it’s amazing.

Hoping for Hocus Pocus 2!! Songs

Can you react to Willemijn Verkaik Wicked Videos? I think That would be interesting

I would love to sing with you.. have you ever tried to train someone that may be sick???? I know I can sing some well.. but I’m showing signs of cancer and I just need to jump out of my comfort zone and do all the things I should have done already

Eponine was supposed to be hate-able and ugly in the book, but in the musical, she’s actually relatable and soooooo pretty. My girl crush on samantha barks lol.

Not a musical thing, but that sniffle before she ends with the three “I love him” just breaks my heart every time. She’s an amazing singer and actress.

can u react to lea michele singing cornet man

bruh look at her review of this than look at her review of i dreamed a dream she only knows singing not acting and i love both song in the movie but there is different acting levels and its no just about singing its about the emotion and the way it makes you feel.

I honestly can’t stand watching this movie since it’s my favorite musical, but this is the only song I can watch/listen to from the movie because of Samantha Barks. She is fantastic!

Great! A lot of "vocal coaches" out there.....

That's an acting way in a movie, it's different in theaterical and lived performance.... Now you know...

You should watch _Sideways's_ video about this production. He does a very interesting analysis and comparison of this movie to its stage predecessor and the production that went into it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8-bpLhnrJy8l6c.html

Have you ever heard Lea Salonga's version? 🤔

Hey beautiful guess what Geoff castelluchi has a great new video cover , ghost riders in the sky, you have to do this I love your reactions

She is amazing but it still bothers me they didn't let her go all out because she would have outshined the non musical theater trained actors :/ the 25th anniversary performance is where you can hear her better

I just found your channel and I already subscribed. Speaking of Samantha Barks, you could go over the same song with her, but on the 25th anniversary of the musical. He is just beautiful, he is the same character, but his voice sounds different. Greetings from Mexico kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oseIZ6p4rLyromQ.html

But I like the leah Salonga version the clarity of her voice. She can act without ruining her facial expression.