'Descendants' Original Cast Quotes on Fourth Movie, Spinoff

Since Disney+ announced that a Descendants 4 was in the works, called Descendants: The Rise of Red, some fans were left confused as the original cast has spoken about not wanting to return following the death of Cameron Boyce in July 2019, who played Carlos. Keep reading to find out what they’ve said about reprising their characters.

ICYMI, the original Descendants followed the teenage children of some of Disney’s most iconic villains as they adjust to life outside the Isle of the Lost. Each of the three movies brought a new task for the gang to overcome. The series starred Dove Cameron, Booboo Stewart, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Mitchell Hope, Anna Cathcart, Sarah Jeffery and China Anne McClain.

When asked by PopBuzz in 2022 if Dove, who played Mal, would do a Descendants reboot, she replied no. “I’m gonna say no, because I don’t think it would be the same without the whole original cast. It would just be different now and also we did it. We told a full story. We completed it.”

“What happened was so incredibly heart-wrenching for all of us and something we could not recover from,” Dove explained to HollywoodLife in December 2019. “And so, I think that the idea of making another movie, while it would be nostalgic for all of us and while it would be healing in a lot of ways, it might also be super wrong.”

ICYMI, Disney+ the fourth Descendants movie will be a spinoff called Descendants: The Rise of Red, and will only include two of the original Descendants cast members — including China Anne McClain as Uma, the daughter of Ursula, and Melanie Paxson, who plays Fairy Godmother. However, the film will focus on new characters Red, the daughter of the Queen of Hearts, and Chloe, the daughter of Cinderella.

Premiering on Disney+ on July 12, 2024, Kylie Cantrall and Malia Baker take on the roles of Red and Chloe, respectively. The plot follows an impending coup in Auradon – one that looms during the celebration of a new royal baby. In order to save Auradon, Red must join forces with Chloe to travel back in time, via the White Rabbit’s pocket watch, to stop an event that would lead to grave consequences.

Scroll through our gallery to uncover everything the original cast of Descendants has said about a fourth film.

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Dove Cameron

She added, “So it could go either way and it depends on how we’re all feeling and I think that the beautiful thing that Disney has done is that they have very much created a safe space for the cast to be wherever they’re at. They canceled everything when Cameron passed and I know they want what’s in all of our best interests, so we’ll see. I doubt it, but we’ll see.”

Sarah Jeffery

“I feel really happy with where I left things in that world,” Sarah Jeffery told J-14 exclusively in March 2022. “Audrey had some serious character development, and I feel really happy and proud of the films that we made. Who knows what’s to come? I will say that I feel great about where we left things with Audrey. I think she’s on the right path.”

The actress went on to reveal where she would like to see her character go in the future.

“I would love to see her make some female friends, you know, some female friends or she’s not, you know, backstabbing them,” the actress added. “She seems so isolated. I would love for her to have some fun.”

Mitchell Hope

“It’s a great franchise, and it was a lot of fun to be a part of. There’s a few things that … I don’t know yet,” Mitchell Hope told J-14 exclusively in a 2019 interview. “There’s always a chance on the horizon. I’d be excited to do it.”

He continued, “At this point, I haven’t heard anything but I love playing Ben. He’s just such a pure, benevolent character and it always make me feel nice, kind of changes of my behavior. When you play a character, you kind of subconsciously start adopting a few of those traits, so it was always really nice playing Ben.”

What We KnowWhat the Original Cast of ‘Descendants’ Have Said About Fourth Movie: Read Quotes

Dove Cameron

Sofia Carson

Sarah Jeffery

Mitchell Hope