maurice was belle's father in beauty and the beast movie.
maurice was belle's father in beauty and the beast movie.
who is belle's father in beauty and the beast movie?
maurice
gaston appears in the 2017 remake as played by welsh actor luke evans. during an interview with "empire" magazine, evans said that gaston would retain his hunter background, yet would also be a former soldier in the french army. he also implied that this version of gaston is darker than the original. in the film, gaston plays out the same role as in the animated movie, though with a few differences. bored with his peaceful life after returning from the war, gaston pursues belle, determined to marry her, as she is the most beautiful girl in the village and the only one good enough for him. he also finds her independence to be a thrilling challenge, and shows obvious disgust with the bimbettes who constantly fawn over him purely because of his appearance. he accosts her at her home, subtly offering his hand in marriage for when maurice dies, but she turns him down. gaston sulks in the tavern until lefou cheers him up with a song. maurice appears, claiming that belle has been imprisoned by the beast. intrigued, gaston offers to help maurice free her as means of gaining both maurice and belle's favor. gaston comes to doubt maurice's claims and reveals the only reason for helping him was so he could give gaston belle's hand in marriage. when maurice refuses to allow gaston to marry belle, gaston ties him to a tree, leaving him to the wolves. he hopes by doing this, it would coerce belle into marrying him, as he tells lefou that after maurice dies there will be no one to take care of belle except for him. maurice later accuses gaston of his crime, but gaston fools the people into thinking maurice is mad and arranges for him to be locked up in the asylum. he privately offers to put a stop to it if he lets him marry belle, but maurice still refuses. when belle turns up and proves the beast's existence with the mirror, gaston's jealousy drives him to rally the people to storm the castle and kill the beast, but not before he orders tom, dick, and stanley to lock belle alongside her father to prevent her from warning the beast. he confronts the beast alone and shoots him in the back. belle appears and the beast fights back, holding gaston over a chasm, but gaston begs for mercy and is spared. instead of leaving, gaston stands on a nearby stone bridge and shoots the beast again, this time fatally. in response to the beast's life fading, the castle begins to crumble and the bridge where gaston is standing breaks into pieces, sending gaston falling to his death. unlike in the animated movie, gaston's death is shown onscreen.
gaston (beauty and the beast)
belle debuted in "beauty and the beast "(1991) as a beautiful bibliophile who, although praised by her fellow villagers for her unrivaled beauty, is at the same time ridiculed for her intelligence and non-conformity. having grown weary of her uneventful provincial life, in which she is relentlessly romantically pursued by an arrogant hunter named gaston, belle longs for adventure. after her father's horse returns without its rider, she willingly ventures into the woods in search of her father. she persuades the beast that she will trade her own freedom in return for her father's, since her father is ill in the dungeon, promising to remain with the beast in his castle among his staff of enchanted objects forever. belle's curiosity leads her to the forbidden west wing where she discovers an enchanted rose without realizing that it is tied to the beast's fate; and the beast's rage at her trespassing causes her to flee the castle on horseback. belle is pursued by wolves in the woods but they are driven off by the beast, afterwards belle helps the injured beast back to the castle and nurses him back to health. although she initially dislikes her captor, belle gradually learns to accept the beast in spite of his appearance and eventually befriends him. belle and the beast's strong bond greatly envies gaston to the point of which he storms the castle and mortally wounds the beast, though gaston falls to his own death in the process. however, belle confesses her love for the beast just in time to break the spell under which he had been placed by an enchantress as punishment for his selfish ways, and the beast ultimately transforms back into a handsome prince.
belle (beauty and the beast)