Bill Condon Discusses New BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Film: 'You Will Believe A Beast Can Waltz!'

The director shares new details on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!

The brand new live action musical film version of the classic animated Disney movie musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is currently in production in the UK featuring many of Broadway and Hollywood's best and a fresh new update from the director is now available via a new Vanity Fair interview with Bill Condon, available here.

Condon shares, "When I first spoke to Disney about doing BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, they actually weren't sure they were going to do this new version as a musical, and I said, 'With all due respect, I think you're crazy. The songs are too good. You're going to spend all this time making a huge, gorgeous live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and not do 'Be Our Guest'?'"

Furthermore, Condon reveals, "We're actually here in Belle's poor provincial town right now, corralling an angry mob, which has always been a dream of any Frankenstein fan... I wouldn't say we're changing the story so much as sort of making connections that in a lot of cases were right under the surface. Honestly, there are so many people who love the original film and love the Broadway show, and they've had two decades now to pick them apart and point out big questions and plot holes, and in a lot of places we looked at those and said, 'Hey, that's a good question,' or 'That's an excellent point, why don't these townspeople know anything about this huge castle that's like a mile away from their village?' and used those as jumping off points for our own discussions. So hopefully, this will be a film where a die-hard fan can jump up and say 'exactly!'"

Additionally, Condon says of the iconic ballroom scene which will be recreated for the new film, "It was one of the first scenes we shot, and it was really magical. You will believe a beast can waltz."

Check out the original article on the matter here.

In addition to Emma Watson, the new BEAUTY & THE BEAST is set to showcase stage and screen star Dan Stevens as The Beast, along with film star Luke Evans as Gaston.

Of note, the starry cast also includes two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson, Oscar winner Kevin Kline, six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, recognizable stage and screen stars Timothy Spall and Ewan McGregor along with iconic stage and screen notables Sir Ian McKellen and Josh Gad.

BEAUTY & THE BEAST is set to be released on March 17, 2017.

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