Luke Evans Offers Update on Gaston and LeFou BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Spin-Off Series
Luke Evans and Josh Gad hilariously played Gaston and LeFou, respectively, in the 2017 live-action remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Evans’ Gaston was handsome and burly, vain and pompous, and was the perfect pair to Gad’s LeFou, a bumbling, illiterate second-in-command, who sucks up to feed Gaston’s ego, and has a thinly veiled crush on the muscular man, as does most of the town. Their bromance stole our hearts, and according to Evans, the pair didn’t have to do much acting to exhibit their heartfelt friendship.
In a recent interview with Collider, Evans talked about the upcoming Beauty and the Beast Gaston and LeFou spin-off series he and Gad are working on for Disney+, and he sang the praises of Gad and their connection, saying:
“Josh and I, even when we were working on Beauty and the Beast, I recall, as two human beings, we liked each other a lot. We made each other laugh, we respected each other’s talent, and we had a great time. Even then, we were talking about what we could do and wanting to find another project. We’ve been searching, for the last several years, projects and scripts and ideas and concepts.
“In the back of our minds, we definitely had thoughts about revisiting Gaston and LeFou in a different story, obviously. So, when the idea really came to fruition and we got on board some incredible writers, and Josh, especially, had an incredible idea that, once it was born, it just flew itself. And when we pitched the idea to Disney+, they were very excited about it.”
He went on to give an update on the project:
“Now, we’re in fully fledged development. The second and third episodes have been written and we’ve heard some of the music by Alan Menken. We’re just so honored to have him on board, writing the music, which is extraordinary, in itself. We feel so lucky to have this talented group of people creating a story about two much loved and much hated characters, but that’s the excitement. There are a lot of questions about, where we will start? What we will tell? Who are these people? When you visit them, where will they be? So, it’s going to be a really fun experience. Me and Josh are literally vibrating with excitement to shoot it.”
Yay! This is going to be so much fun to watch, and it sounds like things are moving forward at a good pace. It will be fun to see what they do with the story, and I’m sure it will be hilarious and have some great music to enjoy. Will you be watching this series when it comes to Disney+?