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‘Les Miserables’ movie producer credits Susan Boyle’s runaway hit for the film’s creation

By Andrew Sims at 4:10 pm, January 17, 2013 - @Sims

Though many people have mixed thoughts on Susan Boyle’s career, here’s one reason to be really thankful for her: Without her stellar performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” on Britain’s Got Talent, the movie may’ve never happened.

This stunning revelation came from the film’s producer Cameron Mackintosh, who’s both the theatrical and film producer of Les Miserables. “The [stage] show was doing pretty well at the time, but it suddenly had a real kick into it,” explained Mackintosh in a new interview with EW. “I could see a whole pile of new people who wouldn’t necessarily have thought to come and see the show went, ‘Oh, that’s where that song comes. I think I’ll go and see it.’ And that was of course closely followed by the 25th anniversary concert and the new 25th anniversary production I did, all of which led to Hollywood being interested in making a movie of it.”

Mackintosh is quick to emphasize that Boyle started a chain reaction. “[Boyle] absolutely was the trigger to a series of things that happened that made this the right moment to do Les Miserables in the cinema. I certainly think Susan Boyle made that song far more famous than anybody else had managed to do. I’ve always said we owe her a great debt. It was one of those great miracles that nobody could ever plan.”

High praise for Boyle – we wonder if she was invited to any of the film premieres? Everyone remembers her performance on Britain’s Got Talent. When the singer walked out on stage, she was laughed at for not looking the part of a super star. The audience’s attitude changed when she began to sing. Watch below (this particular version of the video has over 110 million views):

We’re certainly appreciative of Boyle more now. We’ve been listening to the Les Miserableshighlights soundtrack since it was released in December

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