With the new live action Beauty and the Beast movie in the works news of Belle’s casting has been confirmed and I would not have picked anyone else if they had asked me… Emma Watson is going to be playing Belle.
She confirmed the wonderful news on Facebook as soon as she found out.
“I’m finally able to tell you… that I will be playing Belle in Disney’s new live-action Beauty and the Beast! It was such a big part of my growing up, it almost feels surreal that I’ll get to dance to ‘Be Our Guest’ and sing ‘Something There’. My six year old self is on the ceiling – heart bursting. Time to start some singing lessons. I can’t wait for you to see it. Emma xx”.
The movie is to be directed by Bill Condon, who also directed Breaking Dawn and produced by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman.
