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Josh Gad recently told The Independent that he has some regrets over how Disney ‘s live action “ Beauty and the Beast ” remake handled making his character a gay man. Gad starred in the. In the live-action retelling starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens — Gad plays LeFou, the comical sidekick to antagonist Gaston (Luke Evans). Thanks to a subplot alteration, LeFou will be.

Josh Gad addresses the full story of the gay LeFou controversy in Beauty and the Beast. Leading up to the release of Disney's live-action remake in , director Bill Condon teased in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that the movie would feature "an exclusively gay moment" for LeFou.

Frozen star Josh Gad has reflected on the controversy surrounding his role as LeFou in ’s Beauty and the Beast live action remake, stating that he “never once” intended to play the character as gay. LeFou’s sexuality has made headlines in the run-up to the film’s release, sparking both applause and condemnation, with one movie theater in Alabama announcing it would not screen the film and.

The actor is opening up about the public response and the global controversy surrounding his Beauty and the Beast character in his new memoir…. In the course of our discussions, we tried to distinguish whether or not LeFou loved Gaston or was in love with Gaston.

But it is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie. In fact, if it had, I never would have agreed to the seemingly sweet and innocuous moment. But the second we pointed it out and seemingly congratulated ourselves, we had invited hell and fury. After news of the subplot made headlines, and news of the brief shot of LeFou dancing with another man prompted an intense public backlash, Beauty and the Beast was banned in several countries and drew boycotts in the U.

This is not the first time Gad has spoken about the intense backlash that his character and Beauty and the Beast received. A Tony Award nominee for The Book of Mormon , Gad continues to have a professional relationship with Disney, having endeared himself to a generation of viewers as the voice of Olaf in the Frozen films. The bracket three queens compete in an acting challenge for their last shot at making it to the semi finals.

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