{"id":20550,"date":"2022-07-20T20:51:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T20:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beauty-and-the-beast-her-to-play-belle-in-abc-musical\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T20:51:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T20:51:52","slug":"beauty-and-the-beast-her-to-play-belle-in-abc-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beauty-and-the-beast-her-to-play-belle-in-abc-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Beauty and the Beast&#8217;: HER to Play Belle in ABC Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articlebody\">\n<p>Grammy-winning singer HER ought to start practicing her dreamy, far-off look: She&#8217;s been tapped to play Belle in ABC&#8217;s upcoming live-action take on <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>TVLine has learned.<span id=\"more-1234853047\"\/><\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline-floating-gallery\">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Airing Thursday, Dec.  15, ABC&#8217;s <i>Beauty and the Beast<\/i> production will interweave live-action musical performances with scenes from the animated film, as the network previously did with its <i>Little Mermaid<\/i> tribute in November 2019. With HER&#8217;s casting as Belle, the R&#038;B songstress becomes the first Afro-Filipina woman to play the iconic Disney princess on screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can&#8217;t believe I get to be a part of the <i>Beauty and the Beast<\/i> legacy.  The world will see a Black and Filipino Belle!\u201d  HER said in a statement.  \u201cI have always wanted to be a Disney princess, and I get to work with two wonderful directors Hamish Hamilton and my favorite, Jon M. Chu.  It is very surreal and I couldn&#8217;t be more grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added Chu, who will exec-produce the special: \u201cWith her obvious extraordinary talent and stage presence, HER is the perfect embodiment of our Belle and we are thrilled for audiences to see her in this celebration of creativity.  We were both influenced as storytellers by the original animated movie, so it&#8217;s very exciting to collaborate together to honor the artistry of that timeless classic while also inspiring a whole new generation of creators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The live-action event will commemorate 30 years since <i>Beauty and the Beast<\/i> became the first animated film to earn a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards.  It was ultimately lost to <i>The Silence of the Lambs<\/i>but the movie did pick up a trophy for Best Original Song (\u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d) that year.<\/p>\n<p>Additional <i>Beauty and the Beast<\/i> cast members will be announced at a later date. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Are you looking forward to HER&#8217;s portrayal of Belle?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=228932107161302\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy-winning singer HER ought to start practicing her dreamy, far-off look: She&#8217;s been tapped to play Belle in ABC&#8217;s upcoming live-action take on Beauty and the BeastTVLine has learned. Airing Thursday, Dec. 15, ABC&#8217;s Beauty and the Beast production will interweave live-action musical performances with scenes from the animated film, as the network previously did &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beauty-and-the-beast-her-to-play-belle-in-abc-musical\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Beauty and the Beast&#8217;: HER to Play Belle in ABC Musical<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21154,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/her-to-star-as-belle-in-abcs-beauty-and-the-beast-special-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":20550,"position":0},"title":"HER To Star As Belle In ABC&#8217;s \u201dBeauty And the Beast&#8217; Special \u2013 Deadline","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter HER has been tapped to play beloved Disney Princess Belle in ABC's upcoming animated and live-action blended special, Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebrationexecutive produced by Jon M. 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