Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)
Hattie Morahan: Agathe, Enchantress
Quotes
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[first lines]
Agathe : Once upon a time, in the hidden heart of France, a handsome young prince lived in a beautiful castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was selfish and unkind.
Cogsworth : Master, it's time.
Agathe : He taxed the village to fill his castle with the most beautiful objects, and his parties with the most beautiful people.
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Agathe : [narrates] Then one night, an unexpected intruder arrived at the castle, seeking shelter from the bitter storm. As a gift, she offered the prince a single rose.
[Beggar woman offers the rose to the prince. He laughs and so does the rest of the party]
Agathe : Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince turned the woman away.
[the Prince grabs the rose and shortly afterwards, he throws it to the ground]
Agathe : But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.
[Beggar woman looks deeply towards the Prince]
Agathe : When he dismissed her again, the old woman's outward appearance melted away...
[Beggar woman turns into Agathe as she picks up the rose]
Agathe : to reveal a most beautiful enchantress.
[Everyone backed up in terror. The Prince bent down on his knees for forgiveness. The people at the party were screaming and running away. Chip runs into the ballroom]
Agathe : The prince begged her for forgiveness. But it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart.
Mrs. Potts : Chip! Chip!
Agathe : As punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there.
[the servants were standing there in the ballroom watching the prince turn into a beast. The Beast slashed the portrait of the prince with his claws]
Agathe : As days bled into years, the prince and his servants were forgotten by the world, for the enchantress had erased all memory of them from the minds of the people they loved. But the rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose. If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fall, the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?
