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disneyprincess11 wrote:Well, we don't have to worry about Kristen Stewart, ruining Belle and B&TB anymore!

http://www.etonline.com/movies/152948_k ... om_acting/

I cannot stand her. Lets hope she keeps to her word and takes that break.
I'm also not keen on Emma Watson as Belle but at least she can act.

Alison Williams could be a great Belle Old Fish Tale
I've never actually heard her sing but she is beautiful and a decent actress.

Anyone taking any guesses on who might play the Beast/Prince?

PatrickvD wrote:Hairspray was a bad cult movie. Not a best picture nominee.

And it was okay to make the Best Picture nominee into a musical even though the movie was so great already?

PatrickvD wrote:Literally no one is going to favorably compare this to arguably Disney's most beloved/acclaimed film of all time.

You mean no one will think this film can be as good as the original? Well, who knows? And people can view them as two different things. The stage show isn't the same as the movie after all.

I would like it if Alan Menken and Tim Rice wrote some new songs for the movie (Oscar nomination anyone?). I would also like it if we got to see the Beast as prince Adam/in his human form a bit more. Perhaps some flashbacks or some more back story. Or some additional scenes at the end. I hope we get a a really handsome and beautiful actor that resembles the prince.

Also, if Emma Watson or Kristen Stewart get the role of Belle, this movie will be ruined for me. I can't stand either of them. Stewart (or Oneface as I call her) can't act if her life depended on it, and she is not beautiful enough to be Belle. Watson can act at least (although she is faaar from being a great actress), but seem like a moping version of the girl next door. Her role in the Harry Potter movie was really obnoxious and annoying if you ask me. No charisma or charm, and she is not as beautiful as Belle should be. She is a bit to "girlish" and not "grown woman" enough to be Belle.

Prince Edward wrote:Also, if Emma Watson or Kristen Stewart get the role of Belle, this movie will be ruined for me. I can't stand either of them. Stewart (or Oneface as I call her) can't act if her life depended on it, and she is beautiful enough to be Belle. Watson can act at least (although she is faaar from being a great actress), but seem like a moping version of the girl next door. Her role in the Harry Potter movie was really obnoxious and annoying if you ask me. No charisma or charm, and she is not as beautiful as Belle should be. She is a bit to "girlish" and not "grown woman" enough to be Belle.

Totally and utterly agree; Belle isn't a girl, she's a woman, and that shows throughout the film. I don't want another blank female lead like Alice, Aurora and what looks like Cinderella will be.

This is really the first I've ever heard that Emma Watson is a bad actress, since most people seem to think she is both charismatic and beautiful? To spin her as "girlish" or to even compare her to the lows of Kristen Stewart, Mia Wasikowska, Elle Fanning, and Lily James is veering off into the ridiculous.

Now I'm hoping she gets the role not just because I'd like her to, but to watch heads explode.

Unfortunately (or not, since I don't know if she can actually sing), Emma Watson is already committed to the Universal's Beauty and the Beast (at least was the last I checked). So she is going to play Belle, just not in the right movie

Now it's confirmed: Emma Watson will be Disney's Belle.

Haha, it was the most obvious choice. Great choice!

Great choice!

Oh poop. Not a fan of the choice but will still watch the retelling as I love the show so much.

http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/20 ... edia%7C%7C

This is unexpected because she was attached to the other film version, but it still makes me very happy!

Yeah this is a bit confusing since she was attached to the Guillermo Del Toro version.

But hang on here, can Watson sing? And I mean.... actually sing? There are some tough notes in Belle and Something There that require a strong voice. I'd hate for a lovely performance to fall flat because of mediocre singing, which, face it, this role definitely needs.

The only songs I'm concerned with her pulling off are "Home" and "A Change in Me" (provided both or either ends up in the movie). Those two are more effective with a good belting mezzo behind them, but I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best. She certainly is a "Beauty" and the older she gets, she shows more great potential as an actress. She's always had the charisma down, which is something you can't learn, so if she gets a good voice coach, I think we're in for a treat.

Congrats to Emma, but I still don't understand why it has to be a musical when the original film fulfills that duty just fine. Not only it is retreading familiar grounds, but it also limits creativity of the new crew and kills any sort of suspense. The original film is so engrained in our collective memory that the remake will have to pull all the stops to come even close to it. The only way this could work, IMO, would be if:
A) it was a non-musical re-imagining of the original tale, or
B) it was a musical with all-new (not Ashman/Menken) songs.

I have never seen the stage musical, but I have listened to the cast recording several times, and I must say that now, knowing that Emma Watson will be part of the project, I'm more excited than ever.

I couldn't be more glad I was wrong!
She's perfect!

Also, I believe that Disney was long wishing to make a filmed version of the Broadway musical (and Alan Menken confirmed it was in the works). Maybe they believed that a movie could be better than filming a live performance.

Emma . . . Watson? With all due respect, I don't feel she's right for the role. Hope I'm wrong.

Sicoe Vlad wrote:I have never seen the stage musical, but I have listened to the cast recording several times, and I must say that now, knowing that Emma Watson will be part of the project, I'm more excited than ever.

I agree, it definitely makes me more interested to see this. But I'm waiting to see who they cast as Beast before I get very excited.

Watson as Belle is not the worst choice. Not the most original, but neither the worst. I like her.

DisneyFan09 wrote:Watson as Belle is not the worst choice. Not the most original, but neither the worst. I like her.

Yeah, Belle could be cast better like Emmy Rossum or Sam Barks, but Emma will be excellent!