{"id":298148,"date":"2017-03-01T12:01:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298148"},"modified":"2017-03-01T12:01:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:01:18","slug":"beauty-and-the-beast-to-feature-disneys-first-gay-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298148","title":{"rendered":"Beauty and the Beast to feature Disney’s first gay character"},"content":{"rendered":"

The live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast will feature Disney’s first ever gay character and love scene.<\/p>\n

US actor Josh Gad plays LeFou, a sidekick of the film’s main antagonist Gaston.<\/p>\n

LeFou tries to come to terms with feelings for Gaston that swing between lust and admiration, as a side-plot to the main story.<\/p>\n

When the first Beauty and the Beast trailer was released last year it had almost 130 million views in 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Disney are calling it their first ever “exclusively gay moment” on film.<\/p>\n

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Speaking with Attitude Magazine , director Bill Condon believes LeFou’s role breaks new ground when it comes to LGBT visibility on screen.<\/p>\n

‘It’s somebody who’s just realising that he has these feelings. And Josh makes something really subtle and delicious out of it,” he said.<\/p>\n

“And that’s what has its pay-off at the end, which I don’t want to give away.<\/p>\n

“But it is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie.”<\/p>\n

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Emma Watson plays Belle, the young girl who falls in love with a monstrous beast with a dark secret.<\/p>\n

Her suitors – the Beast and Gaston – are played by Brit stars Dan Stevens and Luke Evans.<\/p>\n

The cast includes Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kevin Kline and Stanley Tucci.<\/p>\n

Watson has previously spoken about how she wanted to make the role of Belle more feminist.<\/p>\n

The animated version of Beauty and the Beast came out in 1991, while the new version is released in the UK on 17 March.<\/p>\n

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Matt Cain, the editor of Attitude, said the film breaks new boundaries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

‘It may have been a long time coming but this is a watershed moment for Disney,” he told Newsbeat.<\/p>\n

He believes there’s more that needs to be done to create cinema that reflects real life.<\/p>\n

“It’s a step in the right direction and I applaud Disney for being brave enough to make it,” he said.<\/p>\n

“In doing so, it will hopefully help to change attitudes and bring about real social progress.”<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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