 Paige O 'Hara as Belle – A bibliophilic and beautiful young girl who seeks adventure, and offers her own freedom to the Beast in return for her father's. In their effort to enhance the character from the original story, the filmmakers felt that Belle should be "unaware" of her own beauty and made her "a little odd." Wise recalls casting O 'Hara because of a "unique tone" she had, "a little bit of Judy Garland," after whose appearance Belle was modeled. James Baxter and Mark Henn served as the supervising animators for Belle.
