It is a classic fairytale and a classic animated film. Now Beauty and the Beast is a musical film, starring Emma Watson as Belle.
It’s a French fairytale, first published in the 18th century.
(Jean Coteau - 1946)
The 1991 Disney film version was the first animated film to be nominated for Best Film at the Oscars. This new version is based on the animated film.
2017
Emma Watson played Hermione Granger in all the Harry Potter films. Now she has participated in another favourite story from her childhood: the Disney film. “I have loved Beauty and the Beast since I was four years old,” she says, “Belle was this feisty young woman who had ambitions and was incredibly independent and wanted to see the world.”
