Josh O'Connor Gets Candid About His 'Awful' Les Misérables Audition Blunder

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68ee2e8d16000024da483b65.jpeg?cache=s32ichcjce&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Josh O'Connor" data-caption="Josh O'Connor" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Josh O'Connor</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400">We now know him best for his work in hit shows and films like <a href="news/the-crown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Crown</a>, <a href="news/challengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Challengers</a> and the upcoming <a href="news/knives-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Knives Out</a> movie <a href="news/wake-up-dead-man/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wake Up Dead Man</a>, but <a href="news/josh-oconnor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Josh O’Connor</a> has revealed that long before he was an international name, there was one major role he missed out on.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">During a new interview with <a href="https://www.radiotimes.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Radio Times</a>, Josh revealed that his first ever audition was for the role of Marius in the film adaptation of the musical <a href="news/les-miserables/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Les Misérables</a>, which arrived in cinemas in 2012.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“They were auditioning everyone! But I didn’t know that,” the Emmy winner recalled. “I don’t have any act