Sacha Baron Cohen auditioned for Les Miserables in London  SACHA
BARON COHEN was left red-faced when a terrible audition for the
London staging of LES MISERABLES led him to breakdance in a
desperate bid to win a role.  Baron Cohen, who stars in the new
big-screen adaptation of the celebrated Broadway musical, tried
out for the production in the capital's famed West End theatre
district when he graduated university.  He managed to get
through the first round but when it came time to show off a
choreographed dance routine, he found his skills lacking and was
forced to improvise.  He tells, "When I came out of university
at age 20 or 21, I went through an open audition for the chorus
in Les Mis; not even one of the named roles.  "And there were
about 300 people who were lining up outside the Palace Theater
in the West End and I passed the first audition which was
singing and then they had a group audition for dancing and they
taught a little routine. I had no idea how to learn
choreographed steps and so I just d