If a Beauty and the Beast sequel actually happened, Gaston would get all that he wanted — a movie just about him.
According to The Wrap, there was a plan for a potential sequel where instead of Gaston meeting his demise in the final moments of the live-action adaption, he would live, and then be turned into a Beast!
Screenwriters Evan Spiliotopoulos and Stephen Chbosky revealed that their alternate plan was for “the enchantress would come and he would be cursed as the new beast.”
He added that Gaston viewers could’ve seen him “run off into the world as the new beast, whether to be redeemed or come back as a villain.”
However, the more traditional end was decided at the final moment.
But, who knows, we still could get a sequel like this.
The full list of eligible songs for Best Original Song at the 2018 Oscars were just released and there are a ton of our faves on it — including Beauty and The Beast‘s two new originals.
“Evermore” and “How Does a Moment Last Forever” are both eligible for the Oscar nomination.
Other songs that are eligible include Nick Jonas‘s “Home” from Ferdinand, “Ride” and “Run That Race” from Cars 3, This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman and “How a Heart Unbreaks” from Pitch Perfect 3.
The 70+ songs will be narrowed down by voters before the nominations announcement on January 23rd.
While we knew Emma Watson would connect with her bookish character (she has spoken out about the meaning of Belle’s love for books in interviews) it turns out Dan understood the Beast’s literary proclivities as well.
During a Twitter Q&A Monday morning, Dan revealed to Entertainment Weekly that the library was his favorite scene to recreate.
“My favorite set to recreate was the library – I was excited to get to step into the real Beast’s library,” he said.
We can’t blame him — gifting Belle with a library remains one of the most romantic gestures in Disney movies to date.
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All movies have read-throughs with the cast members before anything is ever filmed, but for Beauty and the Beast, it was so much more complex than that — and Emma Watson delivered one incredible read-through.
“I don’t even know if you could call it a read-through,” Emma told E! News, “It was all singing, all dancing.”
“Often you do a table read of a script, but this is something much more elaborate,” director Bill Condon agreed. “It was something planned and staged for days.”
There’s one scene in particular during the “read-through” that surprised everyone. Emma stood up and began waltzing during the “Beauty and the Beast” song, giving everyone all of the feels.
Then, Josh Gad (Lefou) said, Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts) went up to the microphone “completely unprompted” to sing “Beauty and the Beast.”
What Emma and Dan thought was going to be a regular interview, turned out to be something totally unexpected.
To their shock, in walked not an adult professional reporter, but two of the cutest little journalists they’ve ever seen Olivia and Ted.
The two lucky kids got to conduct their dream interview with Emma and Dan, and they made it an extra special experience by dressing as Belle and Beast.
It’s a must see!
Check out the video of Mini Belle & Mini Beast interviewing Emma and Dan
Emma Watson and Dan Stevens’ Unexpected Beauty and the Beast Interview
