richard white was the voice actor for gaston in beauty and the beast.
richard white was the voice actor for gaston in beauty and the beast.
voice actor for gaston in beauty and the beast?
richard white
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gaston is a fictional character who appears in walt disney pictures' 30th animated feature film "beauty and the beast" (1991). voiced by american actor and singer richard white, gaston is an arrogant hunter whose unrequited feelings for the intellectual belle drive him to murder his adversary, the beast, once he realizes she cares for him instead. gaston serves as a foil personality to the beast, who was once as vain as gaston prior to his transformation.
gaston (beauty and the beast)
beloved by nearly every character in the film, most of whom revere him as the town's most eligible bachelor, decent films film critic steven d. greydanus agreed that gaston initially resembles "merely the ultimate dumb jock". gaston's bodybuilder physique serves as a deliberate exaggeration upon "the stereotyped image of male beauty"; "the meanings of "beauty and the beast": a handbook" author jerry griswold compared the character's appearance to actors sylvester stallone and arnold schwarzenegger, while the "chicago tribune"'s gene siskel described him as a "robert goulet clone on steroids." tradigital animate cc: 12 principles of animation in adobe animate author stephen brooks likened gaston's exaggerated facial expressions to the way in which people "give away their lies as they try to overcompensate." according to "from mouse to mermaid: the politics of film, gender, and culture" author elizabeth bell, gaston "functions ... to contrast to the beast", whose personality ultimately helps make the beast a more appealing hero despite the latter character's own flaws. while the beast maintains "a heart of gold" despite being hideous in appearance, gaston boasts a handsome exterior but remains "rotting on the inside"; the beast risks becoming like gaston on the inside if he fails to change his ways. gaston represents "the difference between outward beauty and beauty of the soul", one of the film's central themes. the fact that gaston's cruel nature is not mirrored by his handsome exterior "further emphasiz[es] the film’s message about inner beauty." a visual reference to the beast's "half-man, half-animal" appearance, gaston's body is temporarily attached to a pig's head when he falls into a large mud puddle upon having his marriage proposal rejected by belle. ultimately, although gaston mortally wounds the beast, he is still unable to kill the human who continues to thrive within him. in the end, gaston becomes the monster the beast was originally depicted as, and his failure "to transform into a new man" ultimately results in his own death. at the same time, gaston's cowardice is demonstrated by his decision to stab the beast in the back immediately after the reformed creature offers him a choice to walk away unharmed.
gaston (beauty and the beast)