--- title: Beauty and the Beast: Josh Gad Talks 'Gay Character' LeFou description: Josh Gad, the actor playing LeFou in "Beauty and the Beast," reveals the decision to include a 'gay moment' in the movie was unscripted. canonical: https://time.com/4690001/beauty-and-the-beast-gay-character-josh-gad/ author: Zamira Rahim article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-03T15:57:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:38:58.168Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Josh Gad: 'Beauty and the Beast' Script Didn't Say LeFou Was 'Gay' og:description: LeFou will be Disney's first openly gay character og:url: https://time.com/4690001/beauty-and-the-beast-gay-character-josh-gad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0fc0ab559f4d196/6988bcd90a4a22f92d9cd268/gettyimages-647356342.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Disney's "Beauty And The Beast" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Josh Gad: 'Beauty and the Beast' Script Didn't Say LeFou Was 'Gay' twitter:description: LeFou will be Disney's first openly gay character twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0fc0ab559f4d196/6988bcd90a4a22f92d9cd268/gettyimages-647356342.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Josh Gad: _Beauty and the Beast_ Script Didn't Say LeFou Was 'Gay' > Sponsored content. 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Actor Josh Gad arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere "Beauty And The Beast" at El Capitan Theatre on March 2, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Mar 3, 2017 3:57 PM UTC [_Beauty and the Beast_](http://time.com/4674071/beauty-and-the-beast-what-to-know/)fans were thrilled this week when they learned LeFou, sidekick to villain Gaston, would be the [first openly gay character](http://time.com/4686896/disney-beauty-beast-emma-watson-dan-stevens-gay-character/) for the live-action version of the film. Director Bill Condon alluded to “a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie” involving the character. But Josh Gad, the actor who plays LeFou, said that “there was nothing in the script that said ‘LeFou is gay’,” according to [_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/03/03/josh-gad-lefou-beauty-and-the-beast/98679284/). Condon himself added that his initial comments about LeFou’s sexuality had been “a little overstated.” “To me, I have to say my heart sinks a little (that we’re talking about this moment),” Condon told _USA Today_. “I like the idea of it coming as this surprise, and I hope people don’t know where it’s coming.” The two were together recently for the film’s premiere in Hollywood. “What was most important to me was taking a character that is wonderful and so iconic, but is defined by cartoon conceits in the (original) movie… and expanding on that, giving him dimension, making him human,” Gad told _USA Today_. The [live-action film](http://time.com/4654739/beauty-and-the-beast-trailer-emma-watson/) arrives in movie theaters March 17. 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