--- title: Beauty and the Beast Voldemort VIDEO description: A new mashup trailer swaps out the Beast for Harry Potter's villainous Lord Voldemort—but keeps Emma Watson as the courageous heroine. canonical: https://time.com/4665398/beauty-and-the-beast-voldemort/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-09T20:34:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:58.127Z og:title: Watch a 'Beauty and the Beast' Story Starring Lord Voldemort og:description: It's the ultimate Harry Potter and Disney fairy tale mashup. og:url: https://time.com/4665398/beauty-and-the-beast-voldemort/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a 'Beauty and the Beast' Story Starring Lord Voldemort twitter:description: It's the ultimate Harry Potter and Disney fairy tale mashup. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Luckily Someone Made You a _Beauty and the Beast_ Parody Starring Lord Voldemort and Emma Watson  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 9, 2017 8:34 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 9, 2017 8:34 PM UTC In a delightful twist on a tale as old as time, internet geniuses have created a mashup of [the new _Beauty and the Beast_](http://time.com/4654739/beauty-and-the-beast-trailer-emma-watson/?iid=sr-link1) live-action movie trailer, splicing in appearances from none other than the [sinister Lord Voldemort](http://time.com/4140185/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-voldemort/?iid=sr-link1) of Harry Potter lore in the place of the odious Beast of Disney’s fable. While ostensibly the two magical stories exist in different universes, their parallels are clear. Animated objects, the presence of pure evil, intelligent beasts, and haunted castles abound in both. Plus: a book-loving [Emma Watson.](http://time.com/4475963/heres-a-first-behind-the-scenes-peek-into-the-new-beauty-and-the-beast/?iid=sr-link6) As YouTube creator PistolShrimps explains, this alternate version features the erstwhile Tom Riddle as the Beast, Belle as a witch, and the usually bothersome Gaston as “a brave and proud Gryffindor.” It’s a surprisingly seamless mashup, as Voldemort and Belle fend for themselves with spellcraft amidst the enchanted environment. (Watch out for cameos from the iconic Whomping Willow and a unicorn, too.) “I cannot live forever,” Voldemort admits in this shocking retelling. Watch the full thing, above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4665398/beauty-and-the-beast-voldemort/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4665398/beauty-and-the-beast-voldemort/"},"headline":"Luckily Someone Made You a Beauty and the Beast Parody Starring Lord Voldemort and Emma Watson","datePublished":"2017-02-09T20:34:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:58.127Z","description":"It's the ultimate Harry Potter and Disney fairy tale mashup.","url":"https://time.com/4665398/beauty-and-the-beast-voldemort/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","movies"],"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/4665398/beauty-and-the-beast-voldemort/","name":"Luckily Someone Made You a Beauty and the Beast Parody Starring Lord Voldemort and Emma Watson"}}]}] ```