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Kyle Kingson, a senior at Buckston Academy High School in New York City, is the vain son of the news anchor Rob Kingson, and he believes that good looks and money get a person everything. Kyle treats classmates he considers unattractive or different with contempt, and after he picks on Kendra Hilferty, unaware that she is a witch, she leaves him bald and scarred, with tattoos across his body. She warns that he will stay that way forever unless someone comes to love him before spring arrives. Unable to deal with his son's appearance, Rob hides him in a private house with the maid Zola Davies and the blind tutor Will, who become his company and his comforts.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Beastly (2011)
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An alternate ending was filmed in which Lindy is kidnapped by the drug dealer and Kyle is shot saving her; as he lies injured in her arms she confesses her love and breaks the curse, closer to the book and the original Beauty and the Beast story. It was not used in the official release.- The beast makeup ran to 67 pieces: seven went on his head and 60 tattoos and individual scars were applied after the full-body makeup. The facial prosthetics and tattoos took almost three hours, and the full body makeup took the artists six hours to finish.
- CBS Films delayed the release to 18 March 2011, away from films opening during summer 2010, because the timing would cause a "real dilemma" to fans of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens' relationship.
