Now that you've gotten a sneak peak of Alex Pettyfer in his "Beastly" makeup and heard first-hand what it was like for his costar, Vanessa Hudgens, to watch him transform (she says it took three hours in the makeup chair!), we're bringing you brand new pictures from the Brooklyn-based fairy tale, which won't hit theaters until July 30, 2010.
Below, in what looks to be a moment before his big mutation (or maybe it's from after they've inevitably fallen in love and he's back to "normal" — the movie, after all, is supposed to follow a similar plot to that of the classic "Beauty & the Beast" story), Alex's Kyle is busy wooing Vanessa's Lindy in a bar/restaurant that could very well have been spotted in an episode of "The Jetsons" or "Sex and the City."
After the jump, check out more new stills from the movie, which include Alex baring his chest and Vanessa looking quite sunny. Read more...
In anticipation of Vanessa Hudgens' battle of the bands flick "Bandslam," which opens a week from tomorrow, we're declaring next week "Bandslam" Week here at Hollywood Crush. What that means exactly, you'll have to stay tuned to find out! But in the meantime, Vanessa sat down with MTV News to dish some deets on another upcoming project, her modern-day retelling of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" tale, "Beastly."
Vanessa plays beauty Linda Taylor, the daughter of a drug addict, who is sent to live with beast Kyle Kingson played by relative newcomer Alex Pettyfer. Also on board for the Brooklyn-based fairy tale are Mary-Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris and Peter Krause. We've already given you a sneak peek of Alex in full beast mode and now Vanessa is dishing on her costar's three-hour makeover. Read more...
For some reason (lack of eye candy?), Bravo's "NYC Prep" isn't really doing much to fill the void in my life left by the summer "Gossip Girl" hiatus. But reading "Beastly," a novel about a very Chuck Bass-ian character given a fairy-tale comeuppance, most certainly did.
Alex Flinn's story — which is currently being made into a movie starring Vanessa Hudgens, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter Krause, Mary-Kate Olsen and Alex Pettyfer (whom you can see as the beast here) — is a New York prep-school twist on "Beauty and the Beast," told from the Beast's perspective. Kyle is rich, popular, handsome and undoubtedly the most conceited boy in his Upper East Side school. He's also quite cruel to his less-blessed classmates, a trait he seems to have learned from his self-absorbed anchorman father. Read more...
The fantastical romance "Beastly" — a modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale about a NYC boy who, due to a curse, is transformed into a "beast" — won't hit theaters until July 2010 (production began in Montreal just last week), but star Alex Pettyfer's new hardened look has already been unveiled.
In the film, Alex, who's best known for his titular role in "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker," plays the beast (actual name: Kyle) to Vanessa Hudgen's Belle (actual name: Lindy). Lindy winds up living in Kyle's Brooklyn hideout (yes, his father apparently banishes him to a borough) after Kyle promises her drug addict dad that he'll watch over her. "Beastly" is among a slew of films already on the "High School Musical" star's plate. Make sure to check out Hollywood Crush's exclusive clip of her in her next flick, "Bandslam" (out August 14)!
