Dan Stevens: So, people often ask, "if you could be turned into a household object, what would you be turned into?" And I said, "how about an internet search engine?"
Emma Watson: That's amazing!
DS: Magically...
EW: We have one here, but I think you need to... oh, yeah, you did...
DS: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens... we are... we're, we're basically become Baidu.
EW: Yeah.
DS: For a minute or two.
EW: Yes, but do you want to tell them who you are in the film? 'Cause they might not know because you don't look like yourself.
DS: I don't. I'm Dan Stevens, and I play the Beast.
EW: Hi, I'm Emma Watson, and I play Belle.
DS: There you go.
EW: And we're here today to talk to you about... the Baidu search.
DS: Beauty and the Beast. These are the most searched questions...
EW: Most searched.
DS: ...about Beauty and the Beast and about - for you and for me - here we go.
EW: Yes.
DS: Here we go.
EW: Are you gonna kick us off?
DS: Oh, it doesn't come off.
EW: Oh, oh!
DS: Ooh! Oh, look, we got part of the answer coming through. This is extreme digital technology.
EW: We're doing amazing.
DS: Is Beauty and the Beast a live-action movie or an animation? Good question. It's both. It's almost entirely live-action with the exception of me, which was motion capture...
EW: Special effects.
DS: facial captures separately fused together.
EW: Yeah.
DS: So, both?
EW: Both. Bit of both.
DS: Over to you.
EW: Ooh, ok. I think this is a question for you.
DS: Is it?
EW: Maybe.
DS: Oh, they're very well glued down.
EW: Yeah, very well glued down. How did Dan Stevens perform the Beast? Makeup or CG?
DS: Well, I guess further to my previous... further to this question...
EW: This question... same, same thing.
DS: It was... it's CGI, really, but it was a fusion of two different technologies. MOVA facial capture and more traditional motion capture puppeteering for the suit.
EW: There you go. You're getting the very technical terms there from Mr. Stevens.
DS: As you'd expect, right?
EW: As you would expect.
DS: Right, ah, are we going for another one of these? Yeah. Oh, look. See, it's doing it again. There we go.
EW: It's alright, Dan. I'm here to help.
DS: What are some classic lines from Beauty and the Beast, Emma Watson?
EW: What are some classic lines... one of my...
DS: I love you.
EW: yeah... oh, yeah, I know. So sad!
DS: I mean, that's a classic line, isn't it?
EW: That's a heavy one, though. I didn't think... my... one of my favorite lines from the film is the song where Gaston sings in the pub, and he has a line in the song where he says, "I use antlers in all of my decorating," and for some reason that just really make me giggle.
DS: A lot of Gaston's lines are good. I like his line where he says, you know, "books."
EW: Yes. And I also love... there's a little ad-lib in... in the song Belle where... um, uh, someone says... one of the villagers says "hurry up, the baguettes!" And I don't know why, but that also really makes me laugh.
DS: Baguettes are a comical form of French bread.
EW: There you go.
DS; There you go.
EW: Brilliant. Question answered. ...What is wrong with you?
DS: um... I just sort of you, you know... bonus... bonus information. Again, as you'd expect from any good search engine.
EW: Yes.
DS: How good is the new Beauty and the Beast movie? It's very good.
EW: Um... well.
DS: Extremely good.
EW: We might not be the most impartial source to ask this question to.
DS: According to this search engine...
EW: According to our search engine, it's pretty, bloody good. Um...
DS: So, there we go. Those are the Beauty and the Beast questions.
EW: I'm gonna do one for you now.
DS: You've got one more. I have three...
EW: I've got two more ...oh, I've got two more, actually.
DS: ...three for you... ok. So we go... yeah.
EW: Ooh. Ah! Why... how or... Why is Dan Stevens' nickname big cousin?
DS: Oh, lord. Why is Dan Stevens' nickname big cousin? I guess it comes from Downton Abbey. Uh, cousin Matthew.
EW: Ah!
DS: Um, and big... I've, I'm quite tall?
EW: He is quite tall.
DS: I don't know. I think it means, like, older.
EW: Well, I'm learning new things. This is great.
DS: Big brother, big cousin.
EW: Ok, give us another.
DS: Ok, Emma Watson.
EW: Errrgh! It's like the Muppets.
DS: Does Emma Watson have a favorite Disney Princess? Yes.
EW: Yes! Well, Belle, obviously. And then I'd say probably after Belle, um, Pocahontas... there's another big fave of mine. In fact, when I'm, when I'm ill even now, I will occasionally put on Pocohontas to watch when I'm not feeling very well.
DS: That's nice. The medicinal properties of Pocohontas.
EW: Yeah.
DS: I'm gonna go for another 'cause you've only got one left there.
EW: Ok.
DS: Does Emma Watson sing? Yes. I can answer that she does. She sings throughout this film. She sings a new song, written by Alan Menken, alongside the original Belle.
EW: And a little bit of another one. Days in the Sun.
DW: And that one. And Something There, but that was from the original.
EW: That was from the original. Two. Two new songs, and Dancing's one new song.
DS: She sings a lot. Fantastically. Um, do you want to go...
EW: Oh, I'll do one.
DS: ...last, and so I'll take this one?
EW: yeah... here we go, hang on. Let's see if I can do it to camera so you can see...
DS: Gosh.
EW: ...so you can see it as it's being revealed. Who would Dan Stevens prefer in real life... Oh my goodness! This is awful!
DS: That's a very, very hard question.
EW: Mary from Downton Abbey or Belle?
DS: Well, I mean that's really...
EW: This is a serious question!
DS: I think we... the ...the search engine has just melted down.
EW: I'm shocked by this.
DS: It's like there's... it's, um...
EW: This is shocking!
DS: What's the phrase? Buffering.
EW: Buffering. Uh, yeah.
DS: What's the Chinese for buffering?
EW: I don't know. Um...
DS: It's having trouble loading the information required for that answer.
EW: Who would Dan Stevens prefer in real life? Goodness me.
DS: I mean, can I have both? Is that allowed?
EW: I don't like this question.
DS: Doesn't like that answer.
EW: I object to this question.
DS: We don't like this answer...
EW: Don't like that answer either...
DS: ...here in Watson-Stevens search engine.
DS: The final answer…I mean the final question
EW: Not doing damn well.
DS: I hope this is as hard as that one. Which book would it be if Emma Watson were to lose it in a Chinese metro?
EW: I think like…leave it, would I leave--
DS: Does that mean which book would you be? Or what book would you leave?
EW: No, because I’ve been doing this thing where I’ve been leaving books in public places.
DS: I know…you…yeah.
EW: Um, I’d leave Gloria Steinem “My Life on the Road,” because it was the first book I chose for my book club. It’s one of my favorites. Gloria Steinem is one of--
DS: Is it available in Chinese?
EW: Yes it is. I already checked.
DS: Will you be leaving some copies on the Chinese metro?
EW: Maybe.
DS: Keep your eyes peeled.
EW: Keep your eyes peeled.
DS: Metro-goers.
EW: Um, yeah. “My Life on the Road.” Really good.
DS: There we go.
EW: Really good.
DS: Good questions. I’m still thinking about the Mary and Belle question.
EW: I can’t get over that.
DS: It’s a powerful question.
EW: Maybe Mary and Belle wouldn’t want Dan--
DS: I think they’d get along.
EW: What, so you can have two at the same time? Two wives?
DS: We would all hang out. We’d go on holiday together.
EW: This conversation is going in a very sinister direction. I…I.. My personal opinion is that Belle and Mary would maybe…you know…maybe not be interested in having a Dan Stevens.
DS: I think maybe Beast and Belle are more compatible.
EW: Yes.
DS: For all time.
EW: Yes.
DS: There you go. There’s my answer. Thanks guys.
