Beauty and Beast Adds Ewan McGregor as Lumiere!

Ewan McGregor is almost ready to start dancing and romancing his way around the set of Disney’s Live Action Movie, Beauty and the Beast.   Cast in the role of Lumiere, the “Cassanova” candlestick of the castle, McGregor will once again be showing us his singing and acting skills especially in Lumiere’s big musical number “Be our Guest”, one of the all time favorites.   Ewan McGregor who gave us a taste of his musical abilities starring in the 2001 musical, Moulin Rouge, as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones, will bring the force with him as a welcome addition to the star studded cast already in place. 

Here is the current list:

• Emma Watson as Belle
• Luke Evans as Gaston
• Dan Stevens as Beast
• Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts
• Josh Gad as Le Fou
• Ian McKellen as Cogsworth
• and Kevin Kline as Maurice

Disney’s Live Action, Beauty and the Beast still have a bit of work to do before hitting the theatres on March 17, 2017, but if beauty and the Beast follows in the footsteps of Cinderella is any indication of what Disney has in store for the fans, it will be worth the wait.

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