Question: Who plays beast in the movie beauty and the beast?

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question: Who plays Beast in the 1991 movie Beauty and the Beast?
short_answers: Robby Benson
context: In late January 2015, Emma Watson had been cast as Belle, the female lead. She was the first choice of Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan F. Horn, as he had previously overseen Warner Bros., which released the eight "Harry Potter" films that co-starred Watson as Hermione Granger. Two months later, Luke Evans and Dan Stevens were revealed to be in talks to play Gaston and the Beast respectively, and Watson confirmed their casting the following day via Twitter. The rest of the principal cast, including Josh Gad, Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, Ian McKellen, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ewan McGregor, and Stanley Tucci were announced between March and April to play LeFou, Mrs. Potts, Maurice, Madame de Garderobe, Cogsworth, Plumette, Lumière, and Cadenza, respectively.
question: Who plays Beast in the 2017 movie Beauty and the Beast?
short_answers: Dan Stevens
wikipage: Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
context: Beauty and the Beast ( – also the UK title) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast, it is an adaptation of the 1757 story "Beauty and the Beast", written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published as part of a fairy tale anthology.
question: Who plays Beast in the 1946 French Beauty and the Beast titled La Belle et la Bête?
short_answers: Jean Marais
wikipage: Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)
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question: Who plays Beast in the 1987 contemporary movie Beauty and the Beast?
short_answers: John Savage

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knowledge: content: Beauty and the Beast (alternatively: Cannon Movie Tales: Beauty and the Beast in United States, Die Schöne und das Biest in West Germany, La Bella e la Bestia in Italy, La Belle et la Bête in France) is a 1987 American/Israeli musical film, part of the 1980s film series Cannon Movie Tales.
wikipage: Beauty and the Beast (1987 film)
content: Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released by Walt Disney Pictures, produced by Don Hahn, and directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise.
wikipage: Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
content: He subsequently garnered more fame for portraying the voice of Beast in the Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991) and its numerous sequels and spin-offs.
wikipage: Robby Benson
content: Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films,[1][7] the film is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's 1756 version of the fairy tale.[8]
wikipage: Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
long_answer: Several people have played the role of the Beast in movie versions of Beauty and the Beast. The 1946 French version, known as La Belle et la Bête, featured Jean Marais as the Beast. John Savage played the role of the Beast in the 1987 American/Israeli contemporary version. In 1991, Walt Disney Pictures released an animated musical version of Beauty and the Beast which featured the voice of Robby Benson as the Beast. Then in 2017, a live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films, featured Dan Stevens as the Beast.
knowledge: content: Beauty and the Beast (alternatively: Cannon Movie Tales: Beauty and the Beast in United States, Die Schöne und das Biest in West Germany, La Bella e la Bestia in Italy, La Belle et la Bête in France) is a 1987 American/Israeli musical film, part of the 1980s film series Cannon Movie Tales.
wikipage: Beauty and the Beast (1987 film)
content: Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released by Walt Disney Pictures, produced by Don Hahn, and directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise.
wikipage: Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
content: Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films,[1][7] the film is a live-action remake of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's 1756 version of the fairy tale.[8]
wikipage: Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
long_answer: In the 1946 French adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast, entitled La Belle et la Bête, the beast was played by Jean Marais. In the 1987 American/Israeli musical adaptation, John Savage played the role of the beast. In the 1991 Disney animated film, Robby Benson played the role of the beast. In the 2017 remake of the 1991 film, Dan Stevens plays the role of the beast.