50 Fun Facts About Descendants 2

Who directed the film?

He also directed the first and third films, and the High School Musical trilogy before that.

On what date did the film premiere as a Disney Channel Original Movie?

Those other dates are the premieres of the first, third and fourth Descendants films.

The US premiere was simulcast across how many Disney-owned networks?

Disney Channel, Disney XD, Freeform, ABC, Lifetime and Lifetime Movies. Raven's Home had its world premiere straight after on Disney Channel.

Mal puts a spell on her hair at the start of the film, turning it what colour?

It is part of the princess-like image she feels she has to keep up as King Ben's girlfriend.

Which hairstylist on the Isle restores Mal's old look and adds some bangs?

She works for her grandmother Lady Tremaine at the salon Curl Up & Dye, and is later invited to Auradon Prep.

Dizzy is the daughter of which of Cinderella's stepsisters?

Her cousin Anthony Tremaine, Anastasia's son, turns up in the books.

Harry, Uma's first mate, is the son of which villain?

According to the character guides he is the middle child of the family, which explains the hook he carries around.

What is the name of Carlos's dog, who gains the power of speech?

Bobby Moynihan of Saturday Night Live provides the very blunt voice.

Carlos wants Mal's help asking whom to the upcoming dance?

She is the Fairy Godmother's daughter, played by Brenna D'Amico; the pair are a couple from this film on.

Mal and Uma compete for Ben and the Fairy Godmother's wand in what contest?

Uma wins, and sets the price for Ben's return at the real wand.

What do Carlos and Jay use to make a replica of the wand?

Uma spots the forgery anyway, but only after the hand-over, which is enough for the rescue to work.

Which character, Mulan's daughter, catches the boys and insists on joining the rescue?

She had been turned away from Jay's sports team because she is a girl; by the end he makes her captain.

At the shipboard dance, Ben stuns everyone by announcing he will destroy what?

He is under a love spell. Mal breaks it with a kiss once she realises what has happened.

In the finale, Mal fights Uma in the water by transforming into what?

Uma, for her part, becomes a sea monster with her legs as tentacles. Ben jumps in to stop the fight.

What item from her mother does Uma use to transform in the water?

In the 2018 short Under the Sea, that same necklace turns up possessed and hanging around Dizzy's neck.

What does Mal hand over to the Fairy Godmother once she and Ben reunite?

Evie had scolded her earlier for leaning on her mother's magic to solve every problem.

According to McClain, what was not in the version of the script she first read?

It was added to foreshadow a possible third film, exactly as the first film's ending had done.

What was the film's reported budget?

It earned $13 million from home media alone, before counting anything from advertising or streaming.

Which writing duo returned as screenwriters and executive producers for the sequel?

They created the franchise after a former assistant, by then a Disney Channel executive, asked them for a story about villains' kids.

When cast as Uma in June 2016, McClain was already voicing which character on the animated spinoff?

The character is Dr. Facilier's daughter. Her sister Lauryn McClain took over the voice in season two.

Which star was announced on The View as the voice of Uma's mother?

The announcement came just two days before the premiere. The Sea Witch never appears on screen beyond a tentacle.

Which first-film character did not return, after Sarah Jeffery said she would sit the sequel out?

Jeffery came back for the third film, where her character steals Maleficent's scepter and becomes the villain.

Filming began on September 8, 2016; in which month did it wrap?

Seven weeks for a full musical. The crew was back in British Columbia, as on the first film.

Filming took place mostly in Vancouver and which other British Columbia city?

The same two cities served the first film. Hatley Castle near Victoria stands in for Auradon Prep.

Roughly how many DVDs did the film sell in its first week, topping the US chart?

It went on to sell 837,912 discs in all and take $13 million through home media.

How many viewers watched across the six networks on premiere night?

That beat the first film's premiere night; with delayed viewing the total rose to 21 million.

Which new series had its world premiere on Disney Channel immediately after the film?

Disney Channel's own audience was 5.33 million, the network's biggest telecast since the first film.

At what position did the soundtrack debut on the Billboard 200?

Its 46,000 first-week units beat the first film's 42,000. It dropped to number nine the following week.

What was the soundtrack's lead single, announced on April 12, 2017?

Mal, Evie, Carlos and Jay sing it; it debuted at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.

'What's My Name' is performed by McClain, Doherty and which Canadian actor?

It was the second single, released on June 2, 2017, and was certified gold that November.

'What's My Name' was certified gold in November 2017 for how many units?

A remixed 'Red Version' with Kylie Cantrall arrived in 2024 for Descendants: The Rise of Red.

Which song, per its songwriter, 'was never in the script' and drew on Hamilton?

The scene was meant to be all dialogue until the director and Disney's music chief wanted a big number with counter-melodies and chants.

The soundtrack includes renditions of two songs from which 1989 animated film?

Fittingly for Uma's family: 'Kiss the Girl' and 'Poor Unfortunate Souls'.

How many songs are on the soundtrack?

Six are original to the film; three more come from the animated spinoff, plus the two Little Mermaid covers.

The lead single's video premiered on April 29, 2017 at which event?

The ceremony was at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles; the director himself shot the video.

On Dancing with the Stars in May 2017, the cast paired the lead single with which first-film song?

In July the cast also did a mashup of the two new singles on Good Morning America.

Three songs on the soundtrack come from which animated spinoff series?

'Together', 'Evil' and 'Rather Be with You'. The last of those had been a promotional single back in October 2016.

Which actor plays Harry, Uma's first mate?

A Scot from Edinburgh, he went on to the Gossip Girl reboot and an Off-Broadway Little Shop of Horrors.

Before this film, Harry's actor played Sean Matthews in which Disney Channel series?

It was shot in Belfast and required intensive mountain-biking training; he toned down his accent for its 108 countries.

Harry's actor dated which co-star from 2017 to 2020?

She later got engaged to Måneskin singer Damiano David, announced in January 2026.

Gil's actor is best known as the jock Reilly in which Canadian comedy?

He comes from a hockey family, played junior hockey himself, and keeps getting cast in skating roles.

Dizzy's actress Anna Cathcart plays Kitty in which Netflix film series?

The character later got her own spin-off show, XO, Kitty.

Dizzy's actress won a Canadian Screen Award as Agent Olympia in which series?

She was scouted at 12 and filmed it for seven months in Toronto, tutored in two-hour blocks on set.

What nickname did Mal give Uma after dousing her with a bucket of shrimp?

That childhood humiliation is the root of the feud; the two only make peace in the third film.

Dizzy works for her grandmother at which salon on the Isle?

Lady Tremaine is never seen in this film, only heard yelling down from upstairs.

What is the title of the prequel novel released in May 2017?

It tells how Uma took power and first clashed with Mal, and has her chasing King Triton's migrating trident.

In the prequel novel, Uma plans to seize whose migrating trident?

The goal is the same as in the film: bring down the barrier around the Isle.

According to the novel, Uma and Harry attended which school on the Isle?

Its full name is the Serpent Preparatory School for the Education of Miscreants. Mal, Jay, Carlos and Gil went to Dragon Hall.

Besides directing, what job did the director also do on all three films?

He did the same double duty on High School Musical and Hocus Pocus, and staged Michael Jackson's This Is It rehearsals.

At which event on August 15, 2015 was the sequel first announced?

The official confirmation followed on Disney Channel's Facebook page that October.