Actor is the latest addition to Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast'

Actor Ewan McGregor (Mortdecai), has joined the castof  Disney's live-action musical adaptation of 'Beauty and the Beast '.

According to Hollywood Reporter, Ewan McGregor will play the animated candlestick alongside Ian McKellen as Cogsworth.

He joins Emma Watson, Gugu Mbatha-RawLuke Evans, Josh Gad, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Kevin Kline, Ian McKellen among others.

Directed by Bill Condon, 'Beauty and the Beast' will hit theaters on March 17, 2017.