Beauty And The Beast Actor On The Movies Controversial Gay Moment

LOADINGERROR LOADINGEight years after the release of Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast,” actor Josh Gad is reflecting on the controversy surrounding the film’s so-called “exclusively gay moment.” In his memoir “In Gad We Trust,” Gad brushes off the implication that the 2017 film was intended to feature Disney’s “first-ever gay character” despite a brief scene in which his character, LeFou, was seen dancing with another man.Advertisement “I for one certainly didn’t exactly feel like LeFou was who the queer community had been wistfully waiting for,” the actor wrote, as seen in an excerpt of the book published by Entertainment Weekly.

“I can’t quite imagine a Pride celebration in honor of the ‘cinematic watershed moment’ involving a quasi-villainous Disney sidekick dancing with a man for half a second.I mean, if I were gay, I’m sure I’d be pissed.”Gad also notes that he “never once discussed” LeFou’s sexuality with the movie’s creative team, and described the much-buzzed-about dancing scene as “harmless” and “a fun blink-and-you’ll-miss-it little beat.” “It was both too little and not enough to be anything more than it was,” he wrote.

The discourse surrounding LeFou’s sexuality can be traced to director Bill Condon, who suggested in a 2017 interview that the character had more-than-platonic feelings for the film’s lead antagonist, Gaston (played by Luke Evans).Advertisement “LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston.

He’s confused about what he wants,” Condon told Attitude magazine at the time, before noting that the film concludes with “a nice, exclusively gay moment.”"Beauty and the Beast" actors Josh Gad and Luke Evans in 2017.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis via Getty ImagesAfter news of the subplot made headlines, “Beauty and the Beast” was banned in several countries and drew boycotts in the U.S.

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