Ever since we heard that Emma Watson would be slipping into the iconic yellow dress and taking on the role as Belle in the Beauty and the Beast live-action remake, we haven’t been able to stop fixating over any exclusively revealed information.
And there is no exaggeration when we say that Disney has been thriving on the attention, releasing seemingly endless teaser trailers, song clips and posters of the upcoming musical. But fans may have reached peak excitement, as it has been announced that 37-year-old Welsh actor Luke Evans is set to play Gaston in the remake of the 1991 original.
The Girl on the Train star took to Twitter to announce the news as he wrote: 'Well hello there, I’m Gaston… see more when our final trailer for #BeautyAndTheBeast arrives on Monday #BeOurGuest’.
Well hello there indeed, as Twitter users were delighted at the news, retweeting the animated, admittedly suave looking Gaston poster, thousands of times. And fans of Luke Evans replied to the tweet in the most hilarious way.
We've rounded up some of the most swooning twitter reactions below:
We can’t help but wonder if Dan Stevens, who is set to play the beast, wishes he received the same response when he was revealed in human form…
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