http://screenrant.com/anne-hathaway-...-sandy-129800/
Broadway World is reporting that Anne Hathaway (at Jackman’s encouragement) is “set to take on the role” of Fantine, a single mother who desperately struggles to provide for her young daughter, Cosette, in Les Miserables. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly), Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) and Harry Potter‘s Emma Watson are all reportedly in contention to play the young adult version of Cosette.
Those four startlets are also said to be in the running to portray Éponine,
Seriously, unless they can sing, why the heck would you cast them in a MUSICAL!
I know Lucy Hale can sing (from the lifetime movie Sorority Wars).