New photos of the actress in the live-action take on the Disney classic.
“Beast and Belle find their common ground because they both feel really lonely.
They both feel like outsiders in their own world,” Watson says.
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“Belle is trapped in her surroundings, in her village, and Beast is trapped in this castle.
Theres this sort of strange mirroring.”
Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as Beast, recreating the famous ballroom dance from the animated film.
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“I had never danced for a movie before,” Watson says.
Yeah, I did Belle boot camp."
Luke Evans' Gaston is especially good at expectorating, but that doesn’t set Belle’s heart a-flutter.
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Emma Watson as Belle, riding Philippe through the snowy woods that surround Beast’s enchanted castle.
Her version of Belle has an action-hero element.
I feel like thats almost unique to an actress to get to do that," Watson says.
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Music supervisor Matt Sullivan, director Bill Condon and Emma Watson on the village set of the movie.
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