Dark Raven
It's not about what you deserve...
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DarthSkywalker said:I am bias, but I think she fit Belle very well and I really enjoy her performance. When people talking about the singing, you'd think she was Brosnan in Mama Mia. They auto tuned her a bit (on higher notes), and she isn't powerful, but her singing is perfectly fine. I say this as one who owns the soundtrack and listens to it plenty.
I seem to recall hearing Brosnan's voice coming out of Emma Watson for BatB. It was male and Irish. I thought it was the Beast at first but then he sounded like Meryl Streep.

Watson was cast because she was a holdover from the Del Toro version at Warner Bros, which she was attached to, and that version was not a musical. And Disney was like, "oh look, a star who's already on board to be Belle, how convenient." She should've recognized her weaknesses and bowed out, but oh well.
If Lily James hadn't been so perfect for Cinderella, I'd say I wished they switched roles because with her naturally dark hair she would've been a fantastic Belle, but alas, I'd change nothing about Cinderella. It was the better movie and deserved the better lead.
I wish we had a sequel to Cinderella with Lily James. Don't know what it would be about, but I just want to see more of her as that character. Maybe Lady Tremaine could come back for revenge?
But who says Lily James couldn't have been both Cinderella AND Belle? Unless this is a Disney cinematic universe, there was nothing stopping them from casting her in two separate roles.