I recommend the DVD of the ballet Notre Dame de Paris (music by Maurice Jarre, choreography by Roland Petit). Laurent Hilaire plays Claude, and he's seriously gorgeous : pale, with dark hair, Goth-y make-up, in black tights and black velvet doublet with a cross on it (just so you know he's a priest). I think he was the nearest to the right age we've had, too: just a couple of years younger than book-Claude at the time of filming. Esméralda is more streetwise and sexy in this, along the lines... read more
