'Beauty and the Beast': 20 Differences Between Live-Action & Animated Versions Revealed!
We get more back story on the Prince/The Beast
In the live-action film, we see Dan Stevens as a young Prince while having a lavish ball in the castle. Instead of the story-book beginning, we are shown as he throws the beggar woman out of the castle, at which point she turns into the enchantress and places the curse on the castle.
Later in the movie, we learn more about the Prince/the Beast’s past and how his mother died when he was a child, leaving him alone with his cruel father. He was essentially raised to be like his dad.