Video: Emma Watson Describes What She Loves About “Beauty and the Beast”

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There’s just over a month to go until the highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, hits theaters. Emma and her co-star, Dan Stevens, recently spoke to Pinkvilla about what to expect.

Emma describes Belle as a “feisty young woman who speaks her mind” and says she has loved her and loved the story since she was four.

For me, it didn’t feel contrived in the same way that perhaps other fairy tales have, [because] Beast and Belle really dislike each other at the beginning – they really don’t get on. And then they form this friendship. And then they fall in love.

Watch the video here:

 

 

Meanwhile, Dan Stevens, who of course plays the Beast, talks about what audiences love about the animated film and how the filmmakers hope to retain those aspects in the new movie:

 

 

Beauty and the Beast opens March 17 in the US and UK.

If you haven’t already seen it, check out the trailer below:

 

Catherine Lai

I have been a fan of Harry since 2000, a fan of MuggleNet since 2005, and a MuggleNet team member since 2013. I believe in the power of stories to bring people together, and nothing does that quite like Harry Potter. I live in Toronto, Canada.