Released in 2017, director Bill Condon's Beauty and the Beast was one of the most successful live-action Disney remakes to date. It grossed a staggering $1.26 billion at the global box office and earned a 71% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

However, the Beauty and the Beast remake was not without controversy. Around the time of the film's release, Condon revealed that there would be " an exclusively gay moment" for LeFou (Josh Gad), who serves as the lackey for Gaston (Luke Evans). These comments lead to backlash from both more socially conservative groups and the LGBTQIA+ community, albeit for different reasons.

Recently, Condon, who is gay himself, reflected on the controversy, explaining to The Hollywood Reporter that it "was such a debacle because it was an offhanded

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