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When Emma Watson decided to don Belle’s iconic gold dress for March’s live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, the role came with a bit of a change: this Disney princess wasn’t going to be gasping for breath in corsets, or riding horses in dainty ballet slippers. She’d be a woman of action, who goes after what she wants — be it her father’s freedom or a romance with one seriously hairy (and brooding) prince.
Here’s what she did to prepare for the high-energy role — and how she eats and exercises to keep up that same woman-on-a-mission role in her real life.
By Delish