Did anyone think the prince looked weird from Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991)?

[fridaynightsleepover]

I always thought the face reveal was really odd. I know, that's like the point of the film, and he was good enough for Belle! But it was a tad shocking. What did you all think? This is a tongue in cheek question a little bit too

 

[bcla]

Yeah - a little bit odd looking. I saw the movie with my cousin, and she said that she thought that he looked better as a beast.

I had a LaserDisc copy of the "work in progress" version. That was rather interesting because some of the scenes showed how they did some scenes drawn from tracings. I remember some of the scenes of Belle looked rather odd, and I think those were done by direct tracings of a filmed model, and they looked rather jittery compared to the rest of the movie. Not sure how they generated the end during the transformation and whether or not they have a model to do it.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

lol - yes. The Beast was better looking.

 

[BrianL]

lol - yes. The Beast was better looking.

I've always felt that Belle was a little disappointed by the change - ha ha!

 

[Karin1984]

Unconventional is probably the word, in nothing his human form resembled the previous princes.

 

[olwyngdh]

I always figured they were going for that Gallic look and modeled him after Gerard Depardieu

 

[fla4fun]

I always figured they were going for that Gallic look and modeled him after Gerard Depardieu

I thought he definitely looked French, and I assume that is what they were going for.

 

[Bill007]

I've always felt that Bell was a little disappointed by the change - ha ha!

Reminds me of the movie "Tootsie" when Jessica Lange's character found out Dorothy Michaels was really Michael Dorsey. I think she was more than a little disappointed!

 

[La Stilla]

I thought he looked kind of provocative -- and TOO beautiful. Weird how they made him prettier than Beauty.