Bety and the Beast': Josh Gad Has Regrets on 'Gay Moment'

Contents:

• ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’: JOSH GAD PLAYS DISNEY’S FIRST-EVER GAY CHARACTER
• JOSH GAD SHAR REGRET OVER GAY LEFOU ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’: ‘WE DIDN’T GO FAR ENOUGH’
• LEFOU EMBRAC LE FEY: DISNEY GO GAY IN ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’
• 'BETY AND THE BEAST' FEATUR DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• LEFOU IS REVEALED TO BE GAY THE LIVE-ACTN VERSN OF BETY AND THE BEAST
• JOSH GAD SAYS HE DON'T THK 'BETY AND THE BEAST' DID 'JTICE TO WHAT A REAL GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE'
• 'BETY AND THE BEAST'S 'GAY MOMENT' MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHG
• 'BETY AND THE BEAST' STAR CHIP THE TEACUP SAYS LEFOU WAS ALWAYS GAY

‘BETY AND THE BEAST’: JOSH GAD PLAYS DISNEY’S FIRST-EVER GAY CHARACTER

It’s certa as the sun — Josh Gad’s character Bety and the Beast is gay. But is a nice, exclively gay moment a Disney movie. Josh Gad recently told The Inpennt that he has some regrets over how Disney’s 2017 live actn “Bety and the Beast” remake handled makg his character a gay man.

The movie’s director, Bill Condon, announced USA Today ahead of the film’s release that his “Bety and the Beast” would troduce Disney’s first openly gay character. Condon said Gad’s LeFou had “an exclively gay moment” the movie, but all that turned out to be was a blk-and-you’ll-miss- shot of LeFou dancg wh a man.

’ My regret what happened is that beme ‘Disney’s first explicly gay moment’ and was never tend to be that.

JOSH GAD SHAR REGRET OVER GAY LEFOU ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’: ‘WE DIDN’T GO FAR ENOUGH’

It was never tend to be a moment that we should ld ourselv for, bee ankly, I don’t thk we did jtice to what a real gay character a Disney film should be. Once the film opened theaters, Condon and Gad were wily cricized for pattg themselv on the back when the movie ntaed virtually no gay moment whatsoever. Gad told USA Today at the film’s 2017 premiere that while the script did not nfirm LeFou is gay, he was “honored” to have the chance to epen the character the live-actn versn.

“I’m honored to have that [exclively gay] moment as part of my character’s arc. Gad now told The Inpennt about playg a gay LeFou, “That was not LeFou. Disney's Bety and the Beast is easily one of the greatt and gayt children's movi of all time.The pany recently ma headl after cidg to clu a sgle gay character their latt live-actn versn.

LEFOU EMBRAC LE FEY: DISNEY GO GAY IN ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’

Crics lled their cln of one gay character groundbreakg -- which was -- but as any unhealthy obssed fan of the movie knows, the origal Bety and the Beast was rich wh queer subtexts and characters (or at least, on we uld dream about). Face : Cogsworth is one gay clock.

'BETY AND THE BEAST' FEATUR DISNEY'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Gaston's entire purpose life is to let know he's not gay.

He's lerally slept wh every woman town, or so he's bragged via song.Perhaps Gaston over-performs his masculy precisely bee he liv such a homophobic French small town/fictnal Disney movie.

Obvly, stereotyp aren't real and not all male hairdrsers are gay, but this one is. It's a ltle disappotg that he's the only out gay character Disney's newt versn of Bety and The Beast, and not a particularly posive one. But the thg that has gotten people really upset about the new film — a live-actn remake of the 1991 animated classic — is that one of s characters is gay.

LEFOU IS REVEALED TO BE GAY THE LIVE-ACTN VERSN OF BETY AND THE BEAST

Director Bill Condon revealed this month that one of the tweaks he’s ma to the origal tale of bety-meets-beast, is that LeFou, Gaston’s sikick played by Disney all-star shortstop Josh Gad, is a gay man. LeFou is, Condon’s words, “explicly gay. Condon’s rejiggerg of a classic has h a nerve: A drive- theater Alabama has boytted the film, the Rsian ernment is nsirg dog the same, and the film censorship board Malaysia asked Disney to cut the film’s gay scene (the stud refed).

It’s not jt about Bety and the Beast or gay rights. Earlier this month, a reprentative of the theater posted a now-leted Facebook note clarg that they would not show the movie bee LeFou is gay, and homosexualy go agast Christian beliefs.

The petn, which stat that “Disney wants to normalize homosexualy s productns, ” has over 50, 000 signatur — more than 20 tim Henagar, Alabama’s populatn of 2, 300 people (acrdg to the 2010 cens). Regardls of their fah, many people will talk about as part of the fight for gay rights. If you look at all the outrage and the backlash has spired, ’s not hard to see how takg a stand for one si or the other uld be read more as performative back-pattg than an effort to advance gay rights or Christian doctre.

JOSH GAD SAYS HE DON'T THK 'BETY AND THE BEAST' DID 'JTICE TO WHAT A REAL GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE'

The songs your favore Disney movie were probably wrten by a gay man. If you like Disney movi and Disney songs, chanc are a gay man named Howard Ashman -posed or wrote the lyrics to many of your favor. It tak a special cultural ignorance to prott the adaptatn bee featur a gay character, even though the origal movie wouldn’t be what is whout Ashman’s talent.

Never md the many other Disney characters who have been d as or terpreted as gay characters over the years, or that “Gaston, ” a number which appears both Bety and the Beast films, is sentially LeFou’s love letter to his mcle-daddy csh. And while Condon hasn’t directly nfirmed that makg LeFou gay is an homage to Ashman, would be a small token of appreciatn to a man who brought much joy to this world by sharg his talents wh . Read ahead if you would like spoilers on how gay LeFou actually is.

'BETY AND THE BEAST'S 'GAY MOMENT' MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHG

So how gay is LeFou? Here is a brief, spoilery ndown of what happens LeFou’s gay scene. LeFou has what is basilly an unrequed csh on Gaston throughout the movie, and at the end to the realizatn that he is gay and acknowledg the realy that Gaston won’t go for him.

But that’s not even the gayt part of the movie, an honor which belongs to a moment the “Gaston” number where Condon and pany go wh Ashman’s origal lyrics (one of the l was changed for the movie). Not exactly the image wh which gay men like to be associated.

'BETY AND THE BEAST' STAR CHIP THE TEACUP SAYS LEFOU WAS ALWAYS GAY

There is a pattern wh all of the d “gay” characters, all of whom uld be scribed ntemporary terms as genr non-nformg: They’re all villas. In an terview wh Bra’s Attu Magaze, Condon revealed that he will make his mark on the Disney legacy by allowg years of subtext to fally e to the surface, prentg the first “nice, exclively gay moment a Disney movie, ” the director said. READ MORE: Cate Blanchett Remds You Why She’s A Gay In Wh Powerhoe Drag Bar Lip Sync — Watch.

Condon, who unts Sir Ian McKellen as a good iend, is openly gay. Even if the moment wreaks of tokenism, is still a historic tone for Disney to regnize a gay character out loud. The highly anticipated live-actn remake of “Bety and the Beast” will feature a gay character for the first time Disney's history, acrdg to the film’s director.