A "Beauty and the Beast" prequel, according to Luke Evans, "is going to happen."

By: einjobspk

On Thursday, Luke Evans reassured fans that the Gaston and LeFou prequel to "Beauty and the Beast" is still in the works, it has just been postponed.

It has been suspended. We simply want to make sure that it is as perfect as it possibly can be, and if that means waiting a little longer to perfect some of its components,

then that's what we're going to do because this is a very important legacy, the "Pinocchio" star told Entertainment Weekly

With the finest story we can tell, we want to commemorate these characters. Simply on hold," the 43-year-old Evans continued.

It will definitely occur. We are quite enthusiastic about it. It's going to happen soon, at some point

LeFou and Gaston's friendship story would be told in the prequel

Josh Gad, 41, and Chris Evans, who both played LeFou and Gaston in the live-action 2017 movie starring Emma Watson, will both return in those roles.

It was a thrilling experience, according to Evans,

to traverse a story of those two people and also new characters, and then bring them right up to the moment where you meet them in the movie

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