Director Bill Condon told British gay magazine, Attitude, that he wanted to add a playful twist to the classic plot. ‘It’s a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie’, said Condon.

This shift is an epochal moment in Disney’s history. Unlike its rivals, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, the multi-billion dollar has never featured a gay figure before. Disney has been heavily criticized in the past for being too conservative and prejudiced.

Whether this decision to break with tradition is a commercial move or an attempt to try to reconnect with the LGBT-community is still unclear.

The remake will premiere on the 29th of March in all Belgian theaters.

Text: Morgan Decuyper