(Answer: Er, because it's Emma Watson?)"I can't understand what they're going to do with it that will be better than what we've already done," she added. Mrs. Potts — sorry, Angela Lansbury — makes a fair point. The original film was an impressive feat of motion-picture artistry, especially for its time. The 2017 film, which will grace our screens come March , is live-action, and that requires a different type of artistic work. They're apples and oranges, really.Ultimately, though, the honorary Oscar winner gets it. It's a fairytale of sorts, and an integral part of the pop culture Bible, as far as we're concerned. The film industry will literally never stop making different iterations of the story."I don't blame them for doing it," she admits.However — indulge while we engage with our inner Carrie Bradshaw here — one has to wonder if Lansbury is declaring sour grapes. Emma Thompson, one of Lansbury's contemporaries, will play Mrs. Potts in the new film. Twitter, for one, is upset that the decorated British actress isn't in the film.