Emma Watson finally dons the iconic yellow dress on the cover of EW magazine revealing our first proper look at Beauty and the Beast‘s central characters.
Update: Disney has released the images in high-res, giving us much better looks at the characters without watermarks and shrinkage!
We can’t believe how closely Emma resembles her cartoon counterpart Belle! Dan Stevens’ Beast, however, is a bit of a surprise, as his horns are somewhat bigger than we remember…
The new issue of EW Magazine goes on sale Friday. Here’s a sneak peek at what you can expect from the cover story:
For this week’s cover story, EW visited the film’s U.K. set and spoke with all of the above, as well as director Bill Condon and costume designer Jacqueline Durran, who talked about creating the new version of the iconic yellow dress Belle wears in the original film’s ballroom scene. In addition, we chatted with Ewan McGregor, who voices the enchanted, “Be Our Guest”-performing candelabra Lumière, and Sir Ian McKellen, who plays the clock Cogsworth and was apparently desperate to get his own big production number. “I kept singing what I thought would be a rather good addition to the score,” says the X-Men franchise star. “‘My name is Cogsworth!/ And I’m a clock!/Ticktock!’ But I didn’t get my own song.”
There’ll be more exclusive images from the film in the magazine, including first looks at Maurice (Kevin Kline), Mrs Potts. (Emma Thompson), and Plumette (Gugu Mbatha-Raw).
Beauty and the Beast is directed by Bill Condon and hits cinemas March 17, 2017.