How to pronounce“valjean”in English

And so the two gentlemen that played Valjean when I actually played Marius really I looked up to, because I saw how they made it their own

The way that he recognized Jean Valjean at one point is because he walks with a limp.

You need to be on Valjean right now.

I was just-- I've played Jean Valjean.

But I would love to play Jean Valjean in "Les Mis."

There was even the occasional Jean Valjean crime of necessity.

But there's one line in the book that Javert actually says to Valjean.

For me, it's getting to show the journey of Valjean, to show how broken a man can be at the beginning of the show.

And when we get that chance to go on-- I remember the first time I ever played Jean Valjean.

Nick, can you tell us a little bit more what it's like to play such an iconic role of Jean Valjean?

And also, just to see the way that, you know, Valjean is so broken at the beginning and how everybody treats him really

Like, it's a local person and they're having to say, all right, you need to be on Valjean.