1: The new live-action  Beauty and the Beast ,  which cast Emma Watson as Belle , will also star  Downton Abbey 's  Dan Stevens as the Beast . 2: He 'll be played by Luke Evans , a musical theater veteran who starred as Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson 's  Hobbit  films . 3: Luke Evans is cast as Gaston in the live-action film .
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