Talk:Beauty and the Beast (Fairytale)/@comment-3440938-20180417230446/@comment-1916997-20180516054327

They literally play the roles they play in the story. In some ways, Phillip and Mal are more true to the story than Rumple and Fiona, because Phillip is turned into a physical beast by Mal and saved by Belle, whereas Fiona turns Rumple into a "beast" by cutting his savior fate, and Belle can't actually undo it (not in the traditional sense anyway).