Released in 2017, director Bill Condon's Beauty and the Beast was one of the most successful live-action Disney remakes to date. However, the Beauty and the Beast remake was not without controversy. Around the time of the film's release, Condon revealed that there would be "an exclusively gay moment" for LeFou (Josh Gad), who serves as the lackey for Gaston (Luke Evans). From a character perspective, his reimagining of LeFou's story made sense and fit in the world of Beauty and the Beast. Though Condon did not mean any harm, the aura of controversy still surrounds Beauty and the Beast to this day.