Talk:Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)/@comment-1765692-20141020231348/@comment-1672596-20150316152052

Actually, that's incorrect (the bit about the Jean Cocteau film acting as a template for the Disney version), the Jean Cocteau film never played any role in the formation of the film. In fact, according to screenwriter Linda Woolverton, she made it a point to avoid watching the Jean Cocteau version specifically so she wouldn't use it as source material.

Gaston being similar to Avenant was coincidental at best. In actuality, the source material for Gaston (the final version of him anyways) was in fact several of Linda Woolverton's ex-husbands, and she basically forced in focus on Gaston and Belle's sour relationship apparently to get back at them, which resulted in the cutting of not only Belle's wicked sisters and their love interests (though that also had to do with Drizella and Anastasia and wanting to avoid similarities, as if that was an issue with Grimhilde, Lady Tremaine, and Maleficent and their movies), but even cut out Aunt Marguerite, who in the original draft shared the role of antagonist with Gaston (at that time a marquis).

I have sources backing up my claims if you don't believe me:


 * Gaston's true template: http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-19/entertainment/ca-544_1_disney-film


 * Disney version NOT based on Jean Cocteau version: http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-19/entertainment/ca-544_1_disney-film


 * Reason for Belle's sisters and Aunt Marguerite's removal: https://books.google.ca/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC&pg=PA808&lpg=PA808&dq=belle+feminist+linda+woolverton&source=bl&ots=cY8jNefpk2&sig=GTO4e1jk6YwUwRyH9mzH3Hxo3bw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sKW4VM6FEouHyQSmo4DYCw&ved=0CEUQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=belle%20feminist%20linda%20woolverton&f=false; http://animatedviews.com/2010/beauty-and-the-beast-diamond-edition/; http://www.m-magazine.com/posts/11-evil-facts-you-never-knew-about-disney-villains-48007/photos/11-evil-facts-you-never-knew-about-disney-villains-69860#photo-anchor