UK actor Eddie Redmayne lands Les Miserables part thanks to his iPhone.

The English actor Eddie Redmayne has secured a role in Les Miserables, using an unusual method to audition. He’s got the part of Marius thanks to a recording he made on his iPhone of him singing the song ‘Empty Chairs and Empty Tables’. This was sent to the producer of the forthcoming film.

Eddie said to the Wall Street Journal that he: “Took the iPhone and recorded myself singing Marius’ song, ‘Empty Chairs and Empty Tables’. I then sent it to my agent to show him that I enjoyed singing, and without me knowing he sent that on to the producer”.

However, using an iPhone to audition for a part isn’t an isolated case. There was a report earlier in the year about Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch who managed to do the same thing. He didn’t sing for the role, instead he put together a video using his iPhone and filming it from a kitchen.

The result was him landing a role in the new Star Trek movie.

He wasn’t available to get to the audition for the part and at the time he couldn’t find anyone to be able to film it professionally, so he took matters into his own hands and used his iPhone to record a home made audition from his friend’s kitchen.

Clearly it impressed the right person, as Director J.J Abrams described the recorded performance as being, “one of the most compelling audition readings I’d ever seen,” according to the New York Times who reported it.

Nothing has been confirmed, but the word is that Benedict will play a genetically-engineered tyrant called Khan when the film is made.

It just goes to show that we live in a ‘tech savvy’ age, where just about everything is at our fingertips and can be accessed from an iPhone. We have virtually a mobile office, that we can transport around with us anywhere we go, provided we can find a suitable internet connection.

Gone are the days where we need a ‘bricks and mortar’ building to run our business from. We can now save a huge amount in overheads by not having to buy or rent premises, cut down on staff costs and basically start a business on a shoestring budget. In fact some of the most profitable and successful businesses have been started in this way and the Internet continues to produce entrepreneurs who are quickly building fortunes for themselves.

It’s a great way to earn a living, having the time freedom to work where you want and when you want.

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