Luke Evans Says Emma Watson is “Wonderful” in ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Sep 16, 2015

Posted by: Milka Väinämö

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Luke Evans, Gaston of the upcoming Beauty and the Beast live-action remake (directed by Bill Condon), opened up about the process of filming the highly anticipated film, set to hit the theaters on March 17, 2017, while promoting his film High Rise at the Toronto International Film Festival. Though the film as a complete package sounds extremely exciting, it is Luke Evans’ comments about Emma Watson’s role in the production that really warm our hearts.

Evans calls Ms. Watson a “wonderful”, saying:

“She epitomizes what Belle should be in the 21st century to young girls; she’s a strong woman. We all know Emma as Emma, a strong woman, she has a voice, she uses it very effectively and I admire her for that. She’s brought some of that to Belle. She’s not just a Disney princess, she’s more than a Disney princess, and she has a beautiful sensitive side to her. She’s quite delicate to look at, but she’s not at all. She’s a really strong, feisty woman and we have some fantastic scenes in the film. I was making her laugh more than she should have been laughing.”

With songs being one of the main features of the upcoming film, curiosity has obviously settled around the question of whether Emma Watson has the voice to make justice to the iconic songs (and the new original songs written for the film). According to Luke Evans, she does! To add to his previous comments about Ms. Watson, Evans says: “Great singing voice to boot. She’s a triple threat. Makes me sick.”

In addition to Emma Watson and Luke Evans, the film stars Dan Stevens as The Beast, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Ewan McGregor as Lumiere and Josh Gad as Le Fou.

You can watch Luke Evans’ interview from Collider website. 

 





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