This scene was actually drawn hastily as the shot itself was done during the crunch period of production, at the very end of the deadline. Be Our Guest was so immensely, terribly complex that it took a small army of extremely talented artists to pull off!
The pencil roughs of Beast's human face were much more aesthetically pleasing, but it just didn't translate to the finished cel.
Even as a straight, young boy I was disappointed for her. I vividly remember announcing "but he's MORE ugly now!" Somehow, none of the conservative, Christian adults in the room liked me saying that.
Yeah, he does give off unemployed actor/barrista who's only going to need to sleep on your couch for a couple more nights because he's got stuff lined up vibes.