Gaston LeGume, better known by his first name Gaston, is the main antagonist of the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast, a live-action remake of the 1991 traditionally animated classic film of the same name. he is a treacherous, chauvinistic, egotistical, deceptive and conceited hunter and former army captain from Belle's village. Despite all his admirers, Gaston is set on having Belle as his wife by force regardless of her thought. he is Belle and the Beast's arch-nemesis. he is also based off his original incarnation with the same name.