Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) directed this live-action retelling of the Disney animated classic from 1991. As before this fairy tale centers on a young woman named Belle (Emma Watson) who is forced to live in an enchanted castle with a prince who is cursed to look like a hideous Beast (Dan Stevens). In time the pair fall in love as Belle learns to see the good man hiding behind the Beast s monstrous exterior. The film co-stars Luke Evans as Gaston Ewan McGregor as Lumière Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts Ian McKellen as Cosgworth Kevin Kline as Belle s father and Josh Gad as Gaston s sidekick LeFou.~Jack Rodgers