Disney’s first gay plot is a real Beauty
THE live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast features the first gay storyline in a Disney movie.
Director Bill Condon revealed the plot involved servant Le Fou, played by Josh Gad, 36, having a crush on his macho boss Gaston – the villain of the piece, acted by Luke Evans, 37.
Bill, 61, told Attitude magazine: “Le Fou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston. He’s confused.
“It’s somebody who’s just realising that he has these feelings. Josh makes something really subtle and delicious out of it.
“And that’s what has its pay-off at the end, which I don’t want to give away. But it is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie.”
The film, out on March 17, stars Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the prince turned Beast. ROYLE Family star Ricky Tomlinson has claimed Countdown host Richard Whiteley was an MI5 spy.
And he accused the popular broadcaster of helping put him and other striking workers behind bars in the 70s.
Ricky, 77, said if he had known of his alleged involvement in the plot when he appeared on Countdown, he would have throttled him.
Richard fronted a documentary called Red Under The Bed that showed unions in a bad light and was screened as the jury in Ricky’s trial were deliberating.
The late TV host’s partner Kathryn Apanowicz