'LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston,' Condon said. Director Bill Condon told the British gay magazine Attitude that Le Fou, the bumbling sidekick played by Josh Gad, would be portrayed as a gay man. Conservative groups have urged a boycott of Disney over news that the family-friendly studio would feature its first 'exclusively gay moment' in the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast.
