10 Easter eggs and references you may have missed in Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast

Warning: There are some mild spoilers ahead for "Beauty and the Beast."Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast" makesa lot of changesfrom the 1991 animated movie, but tucked within the film are also many Easter eggsonly big Disney fans may notice.If you've watched the extended version of the animated movie orhave watched the many behind-the-scenes features on the DVDs and Blu-rays released over the years, "Beauty" includes references and nods to early versions of the animated feature,some of which were cut from the finished film.Keep reading to see 10 Easter eggs and referencesin "Beauty and the Beast" you may have overlooked.The small town where Belle lives is called Villeneuve ' a nod to the French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.She wrote the original French story "La Belle et la Bete," which was published in 1740. If you head out to see "Beauty and the Beast," the French title is above the American one when the end credits start to roll.Take a close look at the music box Maurice is working on at the film's start. It's a miniature of where he and Belle's mom used to live.When Belle and the Beast later head to her old home in Paris, they head to a windmill overlooking Notre Dame. When they goinside, you may notice it looks familiar. The entire music box is a recreation of his old life.Music boxes also had a larger role in early versions of the movie.An original opening story reelof the animated movie, which can be seen in bonus features on editions of the "Beauty and the Beast" Blu-ray, showed Belle receiving a music box from her father on her 17th birthday. He soon took it town to try and sell it in exchange for money.A later early version of the film included a mute music box. You can still spot a version of it ever so briefly in the castle battle of the animated "Beauty and the Beast."See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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