Showing posts with label Dan Stevens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dan Stevens. Show all posts
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Friday, February 24, 2017
'Beauty and the Beast' Press Tour Round-Up: London
Monday, February 20, 2017
'Beauty and the Beast' Press Tour Round-Up: Paris
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Ne manquez pas #LaBelleetlaBête dès le 22 mars au cinéma avec @EmmaWatson, @thatdanstevens, @TheRealLukevans et @joshgad ! pic.twitter.com/6OpS1xPT4P— Disney (@DisneyFR) February 19, 2017
Sunday, February 19, 2017
WATCH: Disney Channel debuts new footage from 'Beauty and the Beast'
Disney Channel celebrated an enchanting evening of Beauty and the Beast with a new look at the film. Emma Watson and Dan Stevens also joined in the festivities, which included new footage of Belle and Beast, the enchanted objects, and more!
Source: Disney Channel
Source: Disney Channel
Thursday, February 16, 2017
New images of Belle, Beast, Gaston & more
This week's Entertainment Weekly includes a preview of Beauty and the Beast and four new images have already debuted online.
The site also shared a new behind the scenes photo of Emma Watson (Belle) with director Bill Condon and music supervisor Matt Sullivan.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
The site also shared a new behind the scenes photo of Emma Watson (Belle) with director Bill Condon and music supervisor Matt Sullivan.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
WATCH: Emma Watson & Dan Stevens share an exclusive look at 'Beauty and the Beast' on Freeform
Beauty and the Beast stars Emma Watson (Belle) and Dan Stevens (Beast) hosted a night of Freeform Firsts this past Sunday with an exclusive look at the upcoming film. Each segment features a mix of old and new footage, including Belle in the West Wing, the prologue, Maurice and Chip in the castle, the ballroom, and more!
Source: Freeform
Source: Freeform
Monday, February 13, 2017
'Beauty and the Beast' Interview Round-Up #4
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Emma Watson Feels Music In Beauty And The Beast Is Magical
"I love that the music has this kind of classical, theatrical feeling to it yet still seems somewhat modern. It rides that perfect line where it's not pop music and not stage music...it's kind of that perfect sweet spot in the middle, and it's just really magical,"
Read more from FilmiBeat here.
Speaking of dancing, what was it like playing the Beast in Beauty and the Beast?Read the full interview from Parade here.
I think physically, the Beast is the most challenging role I’ve ever taken on, just the condition I had to have for my body, and to puppeteer that suit on stilts was like nothing else I’ve ever experienced, seriously. But the kind of engagement, and actually a lot of dance involved in that role will be on stilts, but it was a very, very intense dance training process that has got me physically more engaged with all of my performances in everything else since.
Have you ever had to do anything like that before?
No. British period drama tends to be from the neck up, you know? You’re under three layers of tweed or velour, that sort of plush velvet. It’s a very different mode of working. And so coming over here and getting to work with a number of different directors from all over the world, not just America, and the kind of demands that they put upon you, it’s been great just to expand my range a bit.
How tall were the stilts?
Oh, ten inches. It was pretty high, yeah. You get a little vertigo sometimes.
Monday, February 6, 2017
'Beauty and the Beast' Interview Round-Up #3
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February 5th - February 11th
“I had to fight for the role. I had to audition. I had to prove I could sing. I really had to go for it. You can’t have doubts when you’re singing in front of a set of 200 people in one of the biggest musicals of all time.”Click here to read the full article from Yahoo! Movies.
“A lot of what I was doing was making sure it kept true to the original and, where I could, making Belle as real as possible. In the animated movie, it’s [Belle’s father] Maurice who’s the kind of crazy, wacky inventor. In the movie, it’s really Belle. She comes up with an idea for a washing machine so that she can read while her creation washes the clothes.”
“It was such a luxury to have Dan there at all. Usually when I’m working with CGI, I’m working with a tennis ball or I’m speaking to an orange dot — or, if I’m really lucky, I’m talking to an LED light. So having a living, breathing human there that I could respond to and I could play off of was wonderful — and, I think, really important for this story.”
The X-MEN Character Dan Stevens Wants to See on LEGION
“Beast was performed 10 inches off the ground in a muscle suit on stilts. There was singing and dancing and it was an amazing, epic adventure, that one. The Beast was much more physically challenging, [what with] puppeteering that thing and all the rest."Read more from Nerdist here.
“It’s also a retelling of a classic fairy tale, which the animated version was as well. There’s a few little twists, and it’s definitely a movie that’s game to play a little bit with our expectations of what we think we’re gonna see. And also in making something three-dimensional from two-dimensional, there are a few moments of added depth that add to the story, and there’s a little playfulness here and there. But it’s made with a huge amount of love and respect for the original, and for the fairy tale, and for the Cocteau version. It’s all in there. A lot of the original music is there, and there’s some new songs that Alan Menken wrote and it’s pretty magical. I’m very excited.”
Beauty and the Beast Inspired From Citizen Kane And Wreck It Ralph, Says Dan Stevens
"In this film, we see him at the debutantes' ball, and something that Bill (director Bill Condon) and I were keen to bring out was this sense of a petulant, spoiled child and the sense of entitlement which led to his downfall. There's this psychological rationale about what makes a beast a beast, so I watched everything from 'Wreck It Ralph' to 'Citizen Kane' to help get me inspired."Read more from FilmiBeat here.
“It blew me away.”Read the full interview here.
Director Bill Condon had just watched the entirety of Beauty and the Beast in IMAX for the first time, and to say he was impressed is an understatement. I spoke with Condon just after he viewed the live action adaptation of the 1991 animated Disney film on the extra big screen, and he said even though he knows the film and material so well, the IMAX version made him look at it in a different light. “It made me feel like I was back on those massive sets that we built. They were so big, and you just get to see more of them–that was an unbelievable thrill,” he said.
It’s a significant contrast. Condon kept the IMAX format in mind while they worked. The team looked at both aspect ratios as they filmed and planned camera moves accordingly, whether it was framing the ballroom dance between Belle and the Beast a certain way or showcasing more of the performers. Condon explained the larger image is especially excellent for their sets, which were practical. “We went completely old school for the whole movie. We maybe went on location for a day, but basically the movie was made at Shepperton [Studios] the way you would have made it in MGM in Hollywood in the 1950s,” he said, “We built this entire village with massive sets and huge stages that we connected. So, for example, you could go from the dining room of the castle and walk all the way through to the entry way, to the front stairs, and into this massive ballroom. It was really something. I think that does emerge clearly in the IMAX format.”
A couple of scenes jumped out at Condon as being particularly suited for the IMAX format. “The ballroom,” Condon said. “Being able to go in that room and have it always framed by the chandeliers, which are incredibly high in the air, always have them framing the top of the shot just adds more. Our movie is pretty much packed with beauty, but you get to see more of it and the ballroom scene is a great example.”
Many moments from the animated Beauty and the Beast, like the battle on the turrets and the iconic ballroom scene, are featured in the live action version, but this isn’t meant to be a reboot. Condon explained what they were going for: “In general, it wasn’t about reinventing like some of these recent movies have been. It was really about exploring and digging deeper, inevitably, because you’re bringing people into a live action world. My deepest hope is people see the movie and feel that the additional scenes and the additional material is stuff they always wondered about and wished had been there, so they don’t even remember what was in the animated film and what wasn’t. That it all becomes of a piece.”
Belle, Beast, Lumiere & more enchant in eight new French character posters
The latest set of character posters feature Belle, Beast, and the enchanted objects, including a new look at Cadenza (Stanley Tucci). Check out all the previous Beauty and the Beast posters here.
Friday, January 27, 2017
Take a look inside the latest issue of Total Film with a new look at 'Beauty and the Beast'
Take a look inside the latest issue of Total Film Magazine, which includes new interviews with director Bill Condon and the cast, as well as new images from the film and a breakdown of the Beast's design with VFX producer Steve Gaub.
Source: La Bella y la Bestia
Source: La Bella y la Bestia
Thursday, January 26, 2017
New 'Beauty and the Beast' motion character posters
In addition to the new Beauty and the Beast character posters, Disney also released a set of motion posters highlighting the enchanting cast of the live-action film.
.@EmmaWatson is Belle. See more when our final trailer for #BeautyAndTheBeast debuts this Monday. pic.twitter.com/T4k2W6HOLt— DisneyMoviesAnywhere (@DisneyAnywhere) January 26, 2017
— DisneyMoviesAnywhere (@DisneyAnywhere) January 26, 2017
— DisneyMoviesAnywhere (@DisneyAnywhere) January 26, 2017
— DisneyMoviesAnywhere (@DisneyAnywhere) January 26, 2017
Emma Thompson is Mrs. Potts. #BeautyAndTheBeast pic.twitter.com/YftQUWyKSW— DisneyMoviesAnywhere (@DisneyAnywhere) January 26, 2017
— DisneyMoviesAnywhere (@DisneyAnywhere) January 26, 2017
New character posters showcase 'Beauty and the Beast's enchanting cast
Disney debuted twelve new character posters this afternoon, including the Prince (Dan Stevens) in his royal celebration costume. Check out all the latest Beauty and the Beast posters here.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
New 'Beauty and the Beast' poster & Chinese New Year message from the cast
With 50 days to go until Beauty and the Beast's release, Disney has released a new international poster from China. Check out all the latest posters here.
Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Josh Gad also joined together in a new video to wish fans a Happy Chinese New Year.
Beauty and the Beast opens in China on Friday, March 17th.
Source: Bella Y Bestia Son, @ChinaBoxOffice
Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Josh Gad also joined together in a new video to wish fans a Happy Chinese New Year.
Beauty and the Beast opens in China on Friday, March 17th.
Source: Bella Y Bestia Son, @ChinaBoxOffice
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
'Beauty and the Beast' Interview Round-Up #1
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January 15th - January 21st
“I loved how she had this relationship with Beast where they were just toe to toe and that to me just seemed like such a dynamic and interesting kind of relationship that I’d never seen before in a fairy tale,” Watson said of Belle and the Beast’s story.Read more from Contact Music here.
“It was so funny and so romantic but in a way that for me didn't feel contrived in the same way that I think other fairy tales are, in the sense that Beast and Belle really dislike each other in the beginning."
Emma Watson: "In a strange way, she challenges the status quo of the place she lives in, and I found that really inspiring."
"She remains curious, compassionate and open-minded. And that's the kind of woman I would want to embody as a role model, given the choice. There's this kind of outsider quality that Belle had, and the fact she had this really empowering defiance of what was expected of her. In a strange way, she challenges the status quo of the place she lives in, and I found that really inspiring. She manages to keep her integrity and have a completely independent point of view. She's not easily swayed by other people's perspective—not swayed by fear-mongering or scapegoating."Read more from Total Film here.
“One of the great things about the animated film is the blend of romance and classic fairytale telling as well as a bit of humour and fun and that’s something we’ve really tried to maintain in this, the romantic side as well as the silliness,” Stevens explained.Read more from Contact Music here.
“I hope that we will do justice to the love that people have for the animated film and people feel like we’ve taken it on, moved it on a bit, brought something fresh to it, brought I few new songs to it.”
“Something that Bill (Condon, director) and I were really keen to bring out was the sense of this petulant, spoiled child and the sense of sort of entitlement that led to his downfall,” Stevens said.
“It was interesting to introduce that element and see that through and thread it though the Beast’s story and see him cursed not just for having refused a rose, but for all his other traits that he could be damned for,” he added.
Dan Stevens on the Physical Challenges of Playing the Beast
"Physically, the Beast is the most challenging role I've taken on," Stevens told IGN at the 2017 winter TV Critics Association press tour, where he was promoting Legion. "The condition I had to have my body in to puppeteer that suit on stilts was like nothing else I've ever experienced, seriously. The kind of engagement -- and actually a lot of dance involved in that role, albeit on stilts; it was a very, very intense dance training process -- has gotten me more physically engaged with all of my performances in everything else since."Read more from IGN here.
'I've not done much comedy in my career, not for the want of trying, and this was my chance to do it', he explained. 'I hadn't thought so much about how the interaction would work with Le Fou and then I met Josh and then I realised that whatever I had in mind that was going to be funny was only going to be emphasised and made better by having the likes of Josh in the scene with me.'Read more from Contact Music here.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
New stills of Belle, Beast & Gaston from Total Film magazine
Earlier this week, Emma Watson debuted the upcoming Beauty and the Beast cover of Total Film magazine (available January 17th) and today we have our first look inside the issue with four new stills from the film.
Source: Emma Watson, Games Radar
"The animated movie came out when I was a kid," he says. "It was really great. I think every generation has its own telling of this. It captures a lot of imaginations at once. It certainly captured mine." - Dan Stevens (Beast)
"We didn’t tone [Gaston] down. I think we did the opposite. Everything he does, he does extreme. There was no point trying to find a way to tone it down." -Luke Evans (Gaston)
Source: Emma Watson, Games Radar
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Dan Stevens on the Beast's VFX: “It’s never been used for a romantic lead before.”
Beauty and the Beast is one of the most anticipated films of 2017 and USA Today has a new look at one of the story's most iconic scenes.
Dan Stevens (Beast) also spoke with USA Today about the film's VFX process and taking on the role of the Beast.
The latest incarnation of the “tale as old as time” pairs Emma Watson as the fair Belle and Dan Stevens as the furry and intimidating yet ultimately lovable Beast, created through a two-step CGI process. First Stevens did his motion-capture work “in a giant muscle suit on stilts in a Lycra onesie,” he says, and would do the facial performance separately. “It’s never been used for a romantic lead before.” As for the acting, he enjoyed the thoughts Watson brought to the project of Belle and the Beast being a yin and yang of different energies, like two halves of a whole. “Getting to play this big, quite silly character at times who’s incredibly misanthropic, but at the same time having this incredibly bright woman opposite me firing these ideas around, fascinated me,” Stevens says. “That story has existed on millions of bookshelves and being part of that bedtime-story moment can be really magical.”Source: USA Today
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
WATCH: Emma Watson & Dan Stevens wish fans a very "Happy New Year!"
Beauty and the Beast stars Emma Watson (Belle) and Dan Stevens (Beast) help fans ring in the new year with a holiday greeting and trailer for the upcoming film. Watch all the latest Beauty and the Beast tv spots & trailers here.
Source: Movieclips Coming Soon
Source: Movieclips Coming Soon
Sunday, December 25, 2016
WATCH: First 'Beauty and the Beast' TV spot
As we head into the new year and barrel towards March 17th, we will begin to see more and more of our favorite timeless tale. This started this weekend with the first tv spot for Beauty and the Beast, which aired during the Disney Christmas Day parade special.
The extended tv spot was introduced by the film's core cast, including Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (Beast), Luke Evans (Gaston), and Josh Gad (Le Fou). The spot itself included footage from the second teaser trailer with just one new shot of Belle in the library.
TV Spot with introduction from the cast
New image of Emma Watson as Belle
Source: Comicbook.com, Bella Y Bestia Son
The extended tv spot was introduced by the film's core cast, including Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (Beast), Luke Evans (Gaston), and Josh Gad (Le Fou). The spot itself included footage from the second teaser trailer with just one new shot of Belle in the library.
TV Spot with introduction from the cast
New image of Emma Watson as Belle
Source: Comicbook.com, Bella Y Bestia Son
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Josh Gad takes over Walt Disney Studios' feed for a day of #Instagad
Dan Stevens (Beast) and Luke Evans (Gaston) also shared a few photos of their own throughout the day.
Source: @disneystudios, @thereallukeevans, @thatdanstevens
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