--- description: The 'Beauty and the Beast' actor recalls an incident involving a misbehaving horse on the set of the movie, starring Watson as Belle. title: Watch Josh Gad Explain Emma Watson's Close Call With a Horse image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Emma Watson Had a Hilarious Close Call With a Horse on the _Beauty and the Beast_ Set  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 15, 2017 6:07 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 15, 2017 6:07 PM CUT It’s hard to escape tense moments on set, even in the case of romantic Disney fairy tale [_Beauty and the Beast_](http://time.com/4689999/beauty-and-the-beast-review/ "undefined"). In an appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s _Tonight Show_, actor Josh Gad—[who plays LeFou](http://time.com/4684745/beauty-and-the-beast-gaston-clip/ "undefined"), the devoted sidekick of Luke Evans’s villainous Gaston—described a particularly action-packed scene involving horsemanship gone awry. “My horse—his name was Buddy, which is a misnomer, because he’s a bastard,” he complained to Fallon. “He literally threw me off his back the first day.” He continued to narrate the moment when his unfriendly relationship with the steed nearly endangered [Emma Watson](http://time.com/4695578/emma-watson-free-books-international-womens-day/ "undefined") who plays _Belle_. “We had to ride into the village on these horses to sing the song “Belle.” On action, all we had to do was take three steps… My horse—this is not a joke—moonwalked. Walked backwards… then ran through the villagers, as Emma’s like ‘Nooo! Nooo!’ Everyone’s like, ‘No! Hermione, no!'” Luckily, the villagers and Watson came away unscathed, but it doesn’t seem like Gad will be testing his equestrian skills again any time soon. Watch the full clip, which includes Gad singing his signature tune from the movie, above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4702466/josh-gad-emma-watson-horse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4702466/josh-gad-emma-watson-horse/"},"headline":"Emma Watson Had a Hilarious Close Call With a Horse on the Beauty and the Beast Set","datePublished":"2017-03-15T18:07:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:55.740Z","description":"Turns out the set for 'Beauty and the Beast' was not entirely safe.","url":"https://time.com/4702466/josh-gad-emma-watson-horse/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4702466/josh-gad-emma-watson-horse/","name":"Emma Watson Had a Hilarious Close Call With a Horse on the Beauty and the Beast Set"}}]}] ```