Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. The story depicts the character's 19-year-long struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's children during a time of economic depression and various attempts to escape from prison.
Add actors/actresses and cast the roles/films/series that they were rumored, considered, offered, negotiated, auditioned, turned down, and/or originally casted before getting recasted. (Please double-check in research.)
