Disney to feature its first gay storyline in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ remake
Disney's forthcoming Beauty and the Beast cinematic remake will feature a gay subplot, according to the film’s director, thought to be a first in the film company’s history. Disney goes immoral. Belle’s suitor Gaston, played by actor Luke Evans, has a male admirer via the new characterization of his manservant LeFou (Josh Gad). "LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston," director Bill Condon said. Condon explained in an interview with British gay lifestyle publication Attitude Magazine how the LeFou character will be used in the movie to highlight homosexuality. "He's confused about what he wants,” he said. "It's somebody who's just realizing that he has these feelings. And Josh makes something really subtle and delicious out of it.” "And that's what has its payoff at the end, which I don't want to give away,” Condon continued. “But it is a nice, exclusively gay mo...