Luke Evans joins cast of live-action Pinocchio in a villainous role Luke Evans is returning to Disney as a villain once again. Luke Evans is returning to Disney live-action films as he joins the cast of the upcoming Pinocchio film, a remake of the 1940 classic. Deadline reported the news that he was joining the cast as The Coachman, who in the 1940 film lured young boys to Pleasure Island, where they transformed into donkeys and forced to work. This will be Luke’s second appearance in a live-action Disney remake after he played Gaston, the main villain of 2017’s remake of Beauty and the Beast. Luke won a Teen Choice Award for playing the role, and was nominated at the MTV Movie and TV Awards.