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Josh Gad says Beauty and the Beast’s LeFou didn’t do justice to ‘what a real gay character’ should be
Josh Gad says Beauty and the Beast's LeFou didn't do justice to 'what a real gay character' should be,In 2017, live-action Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon and actor Josh Gad praised Gad’s portrayal of LeFou — Gaston’s trusty sidekick — as Disney’s first openly gay character. When the movie came out, however, LeFou being "openly gay" simply meant that there was a brief shot of him dancing with a man in one of the feature’s final scenes.

Josh Gad says Beauty and the Beast’s LeFou didn’t do justice to ‘what a real gay character’ should be

In 2017, live-action Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon and actor Josh Gad praised Gad’s portrayal of LeFou — Gaston’s trusty sidekick — as Disney’s first openly gay character. When the movie came out, however, LeFou being "openly gay" simply meant that there was a brief shot of him dancing with a man in one of the feature’s final scenes.