I watched this with my mom last week and then again with Colin Wednesday. They did this before with the Little Mermaid where they combine the original animated movie with their live performances. Since we already had a regular life action movie, I didn't complain about who was Belle in this. H.E.R plays Belle and yes that is her stage name. I never listened to her stuff, but I don't really like that name. I like going by her actual name and calling her "H.E.R is confusing. Josh Goban played the Beast. I don't care about him either, but he was a good Beast. I like the whole cast, except for the guy that was playing Lafuu. He was annoying like how the Lafuu in the animated movie was annoying. I like Lafuu when he was played by Josh Gaad. I also love that Martin Short was Lamere. I love the actor and they also did tribute to Mrs. Potts who died last year. They did a really good job putting this together and I like the extra stuff too.