Miracle of Susan Boyle sparked hit flick
Boost ... SuBo on Britain's Got Talent and star Anne Hathaway
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BLOCKBUSTER Les Miserables would never have been made into a film if it was not for SUBO, it has been revealed.
Theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh said the moment Susan Boyle, 51, wowed Britain’s Got Talent in 2009 with her version of I Dreamed A Dream from the musical was a “trigger”.
It convinced movie bosses the time was right for a big budget film.
Sir Cameron said: “I’ve always said we owe her a great debt. It was one of those great miracles that nobody could ever plan.”
The stage version of Les Miserables — created by Sir Cameron — had been running for 24 years when SuBo, from Blackburn, West Lothian, appeared on BGT.
Sir Cameron said her choice of song made it more well known than ever before. He added: “The show got a real kick. People who wouldn’t necessarily have come went, ‘Oh, that’s where that song comes from — I’ll go and see it. Susan triggered a series of things that made this the right moment to do Les Mis in the cinema.”
Sir Cameron launched his show, about a 19th century French peasant, in London’s West End in 1985.
The film version — starring Anne Hathaway — has been tipped for a string of Oscars.
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