McGregor joins an all-star lineup that includes Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast/Prince and Luke Evans as the vain villain Gaston.
Ewan McGregor is in final negotiations to light up the screen as Lumiere in Disney live-action version of Beauty and the Beast.
Lumiere is one of the movie’s major supporting roles, a suave maitre d’ who is turned into a candelabra by the curse that falls on the prince’s castle. The character appears in a number of musical numbers and has a major solo in the “Be Our Guest” showstopper.
