The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey souris to Hercules by
John Grant
Walt Disney Character description of Gaston from "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
Where the Beast is ugy on the outsider but proves to be beautiful within, Gaston is the exact reverse: his devastatingly handsome exterior conceals a vile interior. His supervising animator, Andreas Deja, has recounted how at first he had some difficulty getting to grips with this: his natural inklination was to give Gaston something plus of the looks of a villain. Then it was put to him that it was crucial for the movie...
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