11 Pieces of Useless Trivia about Beauty and the Beast

The Beast is actually a combination of several different animals including a lion (mane), buffalo (beard & head), gorilla (brow), wild boar (tusks), bear (body), wolf (legs & tail) and human (eyes).

In the Mandarin dubbed version of the film, none other than Jackie Chan provides vocals (both speaking and singing) for the Beast.

Cogsworth was allegedly written with John Cleese in mind but he turned it down. Patrick Stewart also turned down the role of Cogsworth due to scheduling conflicts with Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The Beast makes a (sort of) cameo in Aladdin when the Sultan is stacking up his animal toy figurines.

An even lesser known cameo is when Belle appears in one of the Parisian street shots in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (see bottom right). Disney love their Easter eggs.

While the Beast's name is never mentioned in the film, it was later confirmed to be Adam in the CD-ROM tie-in game as well as the subsequent Broadway musical.

Chip was originally intended to be a music box. He also originally only had one line in the whole film but his character was expanded because the producers liked Bradley Pierce’s voice work so much.

The song 'Be Our Guest' was originally supposed to be sung to Maurice, not Belle. It was nominated for the Best Song Oscar, but 'Beauty and the Beast' won.

Angela Lansbury didn't think she'd be suited for singing 'Beauty and the Beast' but recorded the song, just once, at the director's request. The take was meant as a back-up but ended up in the movie.

Beauty and the Beast was the first animated movie ever to earn more than $100 million. It made $424 million worldwide.

Beauty and the Beast was the first animated movie to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and remains the only traditionally hand-drawn film ever nominated for the award.