Disney recently dropped the new 30-second clip of the "Beauty and the Beast" reboot, featuring Emma Watson singing as Belle. The snippet offers a preview of Emma crooning familiar lines from the song "Something There," borrowed from the soundtrack of the original film.
Prior to this official release, a 14-second snippet of Emma's singing was leaked by Toys R Us by accident. Disney reportedly wanted to keep the vocal work of the 26-year-old "Harry Potter" actress under wraps to save some element of surprise for fans, but a Toys R Us store inadvertently caused the leak after releasing the musical Hasbro Belle toy way too early.
Soon after this audio made the rounds online, co-producer Jack Morrissey posted the same footage on his Instagram and confirmed that it was legit. He said that the audio clip of Emma singing romantic lines from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's song, which was supposed to be absent from all "Beauty and the Beast" promotional materials, was indeed part of the upcoming live-action film.
In the original film, Belle sang the song when she realized that her Beast--who was not physically attractive--had certain characteristics which she found appealing. "New and a bit alarming, who'd have ever thought that this could be? True that he's no Prince Charming. But there's something in him that I simply didn't see," Emma sings in the footage.
Meanwhile, Disney started 2017 with two new clips from the feature film. The first clip, titled "Be Our Guest," includes some lines verbatim of the Disney classic, while the second clip, titled "You Can Talk," shows some of the most classic scenes in the upcoming film, according to Comicbook.
Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken re-recorded and slightly altered some of the beloved songs from the original animation. He also penned three new musical numbers for the film alongside renowned lyricist Tim Rice, Independent reported.
The "Beauty and the Beast" reboot is a re-telling of the animated Disney classic of the same name which was released in 1991. Starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast, the film will hit U.S. theaters on March 17.
Listen to Emma Watson as she sings "Something There" here: