Emma Watson Is Belle in Disney's Live Action 'Beauty and the Beast'

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If you thought Allison Williams as Peter Pan was the last of the non-theater-person-in-live-action plays you'd have to endure, you're wrong, you big dumb dumb! Emma Watson announced she was tapped to play Belle in Disney's live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. Hermione is prepared to "start some singing lessons," as production should begin in early 2015, a.k.a. now. Watson is so beautiful she actually resembles a 2D cartoon, so there's no doubt she will radiate in that off-the-shoulder yellow ball gown.