'Beauty's' Beast Dan Stevens breaks out behind the effects

BEVERLY HILLS, California - When Dan Stevens met his Beauty and the Beast co-star Emma Watson in preproduction, she wanted to get to work analyzing the story and the themes. He just wanted to talk about her UN speech about gender inequality.

"It was so impressive and so mighty in its message. I was so blown away by it," Stevens said recently.

He quickly realized that her ideas actually did apply to the film too. Between the spoiled Beast, the sleazy Gaston, the gracious Maurice and others, Stevens began to think about just how many different types of masculinity are on display in the film, which opened in theaters last Friday.