Beauty and the Beast — Characters & Cast

To find adventure, understanding and freedom, and to protect her father.

She moves from a restless outsider in a village that misunderstands her to someone who sees past the Beast's exterior and fights to save him and her father.

To break the curse and, more deeply, to be loved despite how he looks.

He begins as a selfish, angry recluse and learns tenderness and sacrifice, ultimately setting Belle free.

To possess Belle and preserve his image as the village's hero.

His vanity curdles into violence when Belle rejects him, and he leads the villagers to kill the Beast.

Admiration for and loyalty to Gaston.

He starts as Gaston's adoring follower and eventually recognises Gaston's cruelty and turns away from him.

To protect and support his daughter.

Imprisoned and then dismissed as mad, he remains the supportive anchor of Belle's life.