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Audra McDonald Joins Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Audra McDonald, nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," attends the 2014 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Reception at the Paramount Hotel on April 30, 2014 in New York City
Audra McDonald, nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” attends the 2014 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Reception at the Paramount Hotel on April 30, 2014 in New York City

*Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald is reportedly in final negotiations to join the cast of Disney’s live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast.”

McDonald will play Garderobe, the French word for wardrobe. She’ll join Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast/Prince, Luke Evans as vain villain Gaston, and Josh Gad as Le Fou, Gaston’s loyal sidekick.

In Disney’s fairy tale, the Prince is placed under a curse which sees his servants turned into various objects in the castle. The lady-in-waiting is turned into Garderobe.

She, along with Mrs. Potts, a kettle, assists Belle in her initial loneliness and takes part in the “Be Our Guest” showstopper. Garderrobe also sings a solo as part of “Human Again,” a song which was deleted from the 1991 movie but later added to the 2002 special-edition DVD.

The live-action film will be directed by Bill Condon.

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