Emma Watson
The Harry Potter breakout will play the heartwarming heroine Belle in the Bill Condon film. The fairytale retelling will hit theaters March 17, 2017.
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Dan Stevens
The Downton Abbey heartthrob — who also appeared in The Fifth Estate, A Walk Among the Tombstones and The Cobbler — will play the spellbound Beast.
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Emma Thompson
The acclaimed actress (who also appeared in the Harry Potter franchise with Watson) steps into another Disney role, following 2013's Saving Mr. Banks, 2012's Brave and 2002's Treasure Planet. She'll play Mrs. Potts.
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Luke Evans
The actor of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Dracula Untold will annoy Belle as Gaston.
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Kevin Kline
The noted actor — who memorably voiced Phoebus in Disney's animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame — will play Belle's father, Maurice.
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Josh Gad
Sandwiched between two Frozen installments, the theater-comedy breakout will bring laughs as Gaston's sidekick, Le Fou.
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Audra McDonald
The six-time Tony-winning theater actress — who also appeared in NBC's Sound of Music Live! — will play Garderobe.
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Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen will play Cogsworth, the Prince’s butler who is transformed into a clock. While the character doesn’t have any major musical numbers, he is part of the Be Our Guest showstopper.
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Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor will light up the screen as Lumiere in one of the movie’s major supporting roles, a suave maitre d’ who is turned into a candelabra by the curse that falls on the prince’s castle. The character appears in a number of musical numbers and has a major solo in the "Be Our Guest" showstopper.
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Stanley Tucci
The actor — who has starred in both the Hunger Games and Transformers franchises — will play the role of Cadenza the grand piano, a new character that will be introduced when the film hits theaters March 17, 2017.