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Who's Who? Wednesday
January 18, 2012
Gaston
Gaston is the extremely
arrogant and conceited villain in Walt Disney's
1991 masterpiece and hit Broadway show 'Beauty
and the Beast.' He can also be seen in the film
'Mickey's House of Villains.' Also in television
shows such as 'House of Mouse,' 'Sing Me a Story
with Belle,' and also Gaston can be seen on the
hit ABC show 'Once upon a Time' that will air on
February 12th. In video games he can be found in
'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Disney Princess,'
'Belle's Quest,' 'Beauty and the Beast: Roar of
the Beast,' and 'Beauty and the Beast: A Board
Game Adventure.' Some of the other merchandise
Gaston can be found on are clothes, books, toys,
and my personal favorite item, pins.
He lives in the village and
spends most of his time hunting and hanging out
as his tavern. His followers include his trusted
sidekick LeFou, Laura, Claudia, and Paula, the
villagers, and Mosieur D'Aquire who runs the
asylum. He also has all of the Disney villains
on his side. People who oppose Gaston's way of
life include Belle, Maurice, Beast, and all the
forces of good such as Mickey, and the rest of
the fab five.
*FUN FACTS* Beauty and
the Beast was the first animated film ever to be
nominated for best film at the Academy Awards.
In addition to that, Walt Disney tried creating
Beauty and the Beast a number of times before
his passing, but just couldn't come up with the
right story.
Gaston is a very muscular man,
he wears a few different outfits in the film.
Both outfits have the same color scheme. His
hopeful wedding outfit is a long red coat, white
under shirt, gold vest, a black belt, a black
tie, white slacks with red socks, black boots,
and a yellow ribbon for his ponytail. His most
common outfit includes a red shirt with a gold
collar, a black belt with a gold buckle, black
slacks, brown boots, gold gloves, and a red
ribbon for his ponytail. Also during the film he
is seen with a type of brown belt that goes over
his shoulder that holds his arrows.
He was created by Andreas Deja,
and voiced by the talented Richard White. I am
really surprised he never voiced another Disney
character. It is rumored he was in the running
to voice Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas, but
Disney thought he did such a great job as
Gaston, that people would think of the Gaston
character while watching Pocahontas so they gave
it to David Ogden Stiers who voiced Cogsworth in
'Beauty and the Beast' instead.
Gaston can be found at Disney
parks around the world. He can be seen is
various parades and shows as well as a meet and
greet character on certain occasions. My
favorite show that he appears in is Beauty and
the Beast ' Live on Stage at Disney's Hollywood
Studios. He is extremely popular at Disneyland
Paris and can be seen on a regular basis there.
I highly recommend for
everyone to go and check out Beauty and the
Beast in 3D. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite
movie of all time but seeing it in 3D was
unbelievable. Especially during the castle
scenes and the opening scene was definitely a
wow moment!
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