Whats more difficult than directing a hugely complex musical number with a small army of singers and dancers?
Thats the challenge filmmaker Bill Condon (Dreamgirls,Mr.
Its a four-minute number that cost more thanMr.
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The sequences dancing was overseen byBeauty and the Beastchoreographer Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia!
Id never really thought about [it].
Then we started talking about pre-views, and I had no idea what a pre-view was!
Sorry, do you mean, pre-viz?
See, I cant evensayit!
The teapot is limited in the way that they dont have any legs.
But Lumiere is a full mover, so were choreographing Lumiere, were choreographing Plumette.
Weve got these wonderful sort of flying sequences going into Esther Williams patterns.
McGregor didnt feel very wonderful when acting out the movements his character makes in the sequence.
Its not very graceful doing mo-cap, says the actor.
Its not your proudest moment.
We just spent months and months and months and months, says Condon.
Its going to feel very real.
Its the most intricate thing Ive ever worked on.
Watson, for one, believes the effort has all been worthwhile.
Yeah, it was tricky.
But I think it looks spectacular, and it all paid off so all worth it in the end!
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