March 1 (UPI) -- Director of Disney's upcoming live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon has announced that star Josh Gad's character LeFou will be portrayed as gay.
"LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston (Luke Evans)," Condon said of LeFou in the April issue of Attitude that features stars Emma Watson (Belle) and Dan Stevens (Beast) on the cover.