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Raise your hand if you're excited for Disney's live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. Yeah, we are, too. But there's one beast we need to talk about, and it's not the one in the title of the beloved movie.

Yes, Gaston, the five-dozen-egg-eating, breeches-wearing, sexist bully who throws the biggest temper tantrum ever when Belle refuses to marry him. Of all the Disney villains, he's one of the most realistic, because chances are you have met a Gaston IRL at least once. Ugh, I know, right?

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And Luke Evans, who is bringing the antler enthusiast to life opposite Emma Watson's Belle in the new movie, is set on making him seem every bit the real-life creep he is.

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The actor told Empire magazine that the baddie, who served as a solider, gets as dark as any Disney character could possibly get. (As bad as Judge Frollo? I shiver.) His motive? It's simple: This is a man who, for the first time in his life, hasn't got what he wanted.

And it's not for lack of trying — if you call giving wildflowers to a girl who has made it clear that she wants absolutely nothing to do with you trying. (My dude, some advice: take no for an answer!) In a new photo, we see Gaston trying to win Belle over with a provincial bouquet, but our heroine, who has her nose very much stuck in the book, isn't that impressed. And no, Gaston, there are no pictures in it.

Emma also told the magazine that she relates to Belle in more than one way, saying that Belle was one of my idols growing up. I knew every word to the animation. I was born in Paris like Belle. We both love books, obviously. She is someone who doesn't really feel like she fits in, but she finds her place in the world and uses what makes her different. She was just inspiring to me.Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Email Twitter icon A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter Snapchat icon A ghost. Snapchat Fliboard icon A stylized letter F. Flipboard Pinterest icon The letter P styled to look like a thumbtack pin. Pinterest Link icon An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link

How Emma Watson Plays A Different Belle In 'beauty And The Beast'

Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast is now in theaters. If you head out to see it, you'll notice a lot has changed from the 1991 tale as old as time you may remember.

Dan Stevens as the Prince on set with director Bill Condon. Before him is the Enchantress as she enters the castle. Disney

The live-action filmstarts off very different from itsanimated counterpart. While there's still a narrator over the movie's intro, the film's prologue ditches thestain glass window format andexpands on how and why the Princewas transformed into a hideous Beast.

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We see the Prince hold a ball with many of the village's townspeople. The Enchantress intrudes onthe party disguised as a beggar woman. When she's turned away by the Prince and laughed at by his company, she casts the spell on the Beast and everyone in his castle.

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The original spell says the Beast's rose will bloom until his 21st birthday. If he doesn't learn to love and find someone who can love him in return by the time the last petal falls, he'll forever remain a beast while his servants will be trapped as household objects.

In the new film, we're never told how long the rose will bloom; however, when the last petal falls from the flower its suggested all of the Beast's servants will be killed. The Princewill remain a beast, but all of the servants will become actual inanimate objects. It seems a bit excessive.

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In the animated feature, it appears to quickly turn from fall into winter while Belle is imprisoned by the Beast. The live-action film clears up the quickly changing seasons by making it so the enchantmentmakes the castle shrouded in an eternal winter.

In the animated tale, the enchantment is only placed upon the Prince's servants. The live-action movie extendsthe spell so it is cast overthe entire village so they have no memory of the Prince, his castle, or the people in it.

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The saddest part of this addition is that some of the townsfolk have forgotten their wives and husbands who are servants in the Beast's castle.

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In the animated movie, Belle sits down at a giant fountain and starts showing a group of sheep her favorite part from the book she just picked up from the library. She doesn't show it to anyone in the live-action movie, but still sings the lyric pointing out her favorite part of the book.

The scene plays a bit strange because she isn't singing to anyoneat this point. Belle'sjust walking around perusing through the hardcover. While it's easy to see why Disney may have skipped on the sheep, it's a little more peculiarshe didn't sit down at a fountain to point out the scene to anyone. It's especially frustrating when you see a giant fountain was created for the movie set after Belle sings the lyric and the scene zooms out over the village.

In the cartoon, the trio wear red, gold, and greendresses. In the live-action film, the three areless sexualized and wear matching outfits instead of ones with different colors.

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The character comes off as overtly sexist in the animated feature film, but here it's easy to see why the townsfolk may revere Gaston as bit more. The character isa war hero who also protected the town from marauders when he was a teen.

I'd say there's a little more humanity to the character [now], Evans told EW. He's not as brash as you remember in the film.

Instead of tossing Belle's book into a pile of mud and criticizing her for reading a book without photos, a seemingly curious Gaston inquires about her latest read. At the same point, he asks if he may join her for dinnerand offers her flowers. When he proposes to Belle, he's not as overbearing with a giant orchestra waiting in the background. He simply gets turned down, taking some of the zeal out of the original scene.

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While LeFou has been praised for being Disney's first openly gay character, he's a standout character for being more than Gaston's bumbling pal. Here, LeFou is the one meta voice in the film who appears to know he's in a remake and he's far more witty and outspoken than his animated counterpart.

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Gad simply looks like he had the best time of any actor on set while filming. Read more about the update to his character here.

While Belle's quirky father may be the inventor of the family in the animated feature, it's Belle who has the itch to invent useful devices in the live-action adaptation. We get to see Belle show off a washing machine contraption she cobbles together so she can spend more time reading.

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