50 Fun Facts About Descendants 3

In Descendants 3, which Disney villain tries to break out of the Isle and proves to be Mal's father?

Hades left when Mal was a baby, and the two only rebuild their bond as father and daughter in this film. He first appeared in Disney's 1997 animated Hercules.

At the end of Descendants 3, what does Mal create in place of the Isle of the Lost's barrier?

A bridge replaces the barrier with the blessing of Ben and the Fairy Godmother. Mal had decided she could not rule Auradon unless she could help the Isle as well.

In Descendants 3, Audrey's curse with Maleficent's stolen scepter turns Mal into what?

An old woman is what Mal becomes, but the curse lifts the moment she sets foot on the Isle, because no dark magic is allowed to work there.

Descendants 3 was dedicated to the memory of which actor, who played Cruella de Vil's son Carlos?

Cameron Boyce died in July 2019, weeks before the film aired. Disney called off its red carpet premiere, and the broadcast went ahead as scheduled in his memory.

Which Descendants 3 song, Audrey's turn to villainy, spent eight straight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100?

Queen of Mean entered the chart at number 67, climbed to number 49 a week later and stayed on the Hot 100 into October 2019.

In Descendants 3, how does Evie wake her boyfriend Doug from Audrey's sleeping curse?

True love's kiss wakes Doug at Evie's house, in the same scene where old rivals Mal and Uma finally make amends.

In the final battle of Descendants 3, Mal takes which form to fight the scepter-wielding Audrey?

A dragon is Mal's battle form, yet she only wins once her old rival Uma comes back and joins her magic to Mal's.

Late in Descendants 3, Ben, Carlos, Evie and Jay are all suddenly turned into what?

Stone is what the four become, moments after Evie confronts Mal for lying to her friends about a plan to seal off the Isle for good.

Dr. Facilier, father of a new villain kid in Descendants 3, comes from which Disney film?

The Princess and the Frog made him its villain in 2009. His supervising animator joked that the Shadow Man was the lovechild of Cruella de Vil and Captain Hook.

In Descendants 3, Evie's boyfriend Doug is the son of which of Snow White's seven dwarfs?

Dopey is Doug's father, which gives the romance a neat twist: his girlfriend Evie is the daughter of the Evil Queen from the same fairy tale.

In Descendants 3, which relic owned by Mal's father is the only artifact able to break the scepter's curse?

The Ember comes with a warning never to let it get wet, and because Mal is only half her father's child it may not do everything for her that it does for him.

In Descendants 3, from which building does Audrey steal the Queen's crown and Maleficent's scepter?

The museum loses both treasures to a jealous Audrey, who cannot let go of her resentment after her ex-boyfriend Ben proposes to Mal.

In Descendants 3, what does Carlos remove from the hand of the beast-form Ben to calm him?

A splinter was all that troubled him. Audrey had turned Ben into a beast after he refused to marry her in exchange for lifting her spell on the kingdom.

In Descendants 3, what does Jane use to restore the beast-form Ben to his human self?

Enchanted lake water breaks the transformation. Jane, the Fairy Godmother's daughter, had fled into that lake herself to escape Audrey's sleeping curse.

In Descendants 3, Audrey unleashes her sleeping curse at which celebration held for Jane?

A birthday party is where the curse begins, and it soon spreads until the entire kingdom of Auradon is in the grip of Audrey's spell.

Which Descendants 3 character becomes Audrey's sidekick, only for her to lock him in a closet?

Chad Charming, Cinderella's son and Audrey's ex-boyfriend, is later found shell-shocked at the Fairy Cottage once she has no more use for him.

Which Descendants 3 character is the youngest son of Gaston, the vain hunter from Beauty and the Beast?

Gil sails with Uma's pirate crew, and in this film he strikes up an unlikely bond with his former rival Jay.

In Descendants 3, the young twins Squeaky and Squirmy are the sons of which Peter Pan character?

Mr. Smee is their father, and his twins are two of the four children picked to leave the Isle of the Lost for Auradon as the film opens.

In Descendants 3, which granddaughter of Lady Tremaine is among the four children chosen to leave the Isle?

Dizzy works at her grandmother's salon, Curl Up & Dye, and it is Evie who chooses her for the move to Auradon.

Which fortune-telling newcomer in Descendants 3 runs errands for Mal's father and is later taken hostage by Audrey?

Celia is the one who gets Mal inside her father's lair, and she is Mal's own pick among the four children brought over to Auradon.

Which Descendants 3 lead won Favorite Movie Actress at the 2020 Kids' Choice Awards for the film?

Dove Cameron won for playing Mal, the daughter of Maleficent, in a category that also nominated Angelina Jolie for playing Maleficent herself.

Which Descendants 3 star, who plays Evie, later led the Netflix romantic drama Purple Hearts?

Sofia Carson also executive-produced Purple Hearts and wrote and performed songs for its soundtrack, seven years after breaking through as the Evil Queen's daughter.

Which actor, known as Seth Clearwater in The Twilight Saga, plays Jafar's son Jay in Descendants 3?

Booboo Stewart, born Nils Allen Stewart Jr., also played the mutant Warpath in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Which Broadway performer, a guest star on 30 Rock and Glee, plays Mal's father in Descendants 3?

Cheyenne Jackson took his first Broadway lead in the Elvis musical All Shook Up, and later spent four seasons on American Horror Story.

Which A.N.T. Farm star returns as Uma, the daughter of Ursula, in Descendants 3?

China Anne McClain began acting at seven in the film The Gospel, then became known worldwide as Chyna Parks before taking on Uma in the second film.

Which Canadian actress, a lead in the Charmed reboot, plays the villainous Audrey in Descendants 3?

Sarah Jeffery played Audrey in the 2015 original and voiced her in the animated spin-off Wicked World, then went on to play Maggie Vera in Charmed.

Which former Saturday Night Live cast member voices Dude, Carlos's talking dog, in Descendants 3?

Bobby Moynihan spent nine years on the sketch show, and his canine character Dude only gained the power of speech in the second film.

Which choreographer of Descendants 3 also appears on screen as the villain Dr. Facilier?

Jamal Sims also devised the Hoedown Throwdown routine for Hannah Montana: The Movie and became a regular choreographer on RuPaul's Drag Race.

Which High School Musical director made Descendants 3 and choreographed all three Descendants films?

Kenny Ortega also directed Hocus Pocus and Newsies, and he choreographed 1980s favorites including Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Which Melbourne-born Australian actor plays King Ben, who proposes to Mal, in Descendants 3?

Mitchell Hope also voiced Ben in the franchise's animated productions, and in 2019 he joined the ensemble of the Netflix Christmas comedy Let It Snow.

Which opening number of Descendants 3 was released as the soundtrack's lead single in May 2019?

Good to Be Bad was written as a celebration, its co-writer Antonina Armato said, for misfit kids who suddenly feel a sense of pride.

Which Descendants 3 duet is sung by Mal and the long-absent father she confronts on the Isle?

Do What You Gotta Do came from Matt Wong, Jamie Jones and Jack Kugell, a different writing team from the one behind the opening number and Audrey's villain anthem.

Which Descendants 3 ballad is the only song on the soundtrack performed solo by the actress playing Mal?

My Once Upon a Time was written by John Kavanaugh and David Goldsmith, and at 3:48 it is the longest vocal track on the album.

Which Descendants 3 ensemble song, uniting the VKs with Uma's pirates, entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 84?

Night Falls gave the film a second Hot 100 entry, alongside Audrey's villain anthem, with performers drawn from both of the story's rival crews.

Which Randy Newman song, first heard in a 2009 Disney animated film, is covered on the Descendants 3 soundtrack?

Dig a Little Deeper is the album's one song borrowed from a Disney animated feature, and the actress who plays Uma takes the lead on it.

Which song from the first Descendants film does Ben's actor briefly reprise on the Descendants 3 soundtrack?

Did I Mention was written by Adam Schlesinger, and its return on the third film's album lasts for just 29 seconds.

The Descendants 3 soundtrack lost Top Soundtrack at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards to which other Disney album?

Frozen II took the award, though the Descendants album had still reached number seven on the Billboard 200 and topped the Kid Albums chart.

In which Canadian city did the Descendants 3 cast begin rehearsals and pre-recording in April 2018?

Vancouver hosted rehearsals from late April, cameras rolled a month later, and the production announced it had wrapped in mid-July.

Which 2021 animated special followed Descendants 3 and ended with a scene setting up the fourth film?

The Royal Wedding sees Mal and Ben finally marry, but only after the venue goes up in flames when the bride's father arrives.

Which 2018 live-action short teased Descendants 3 with a showdown between Mal and Uma?

Under the Sea ran for ten minutes and aired in September 2018, almost a year before the film, after Uma had swum away at the end of the second movie.

Which 2024 film continued the saga after Descendants 3 with a new heroine, the Queen of Hearts' daughter?

The Rise of Red kept two familiar faces from the original trilogy: Uma, by then headmistress of Auradon Prep, and the Fairy Godmother.

In Descendants 3, the villainous Audrey is the daughter of Prince Phillip and which Disney heroine?

Aurora's daughter turning villain is the film's big reversal: Audrey takes up the scepter of Maleficent, the fairy who once cursed her mother.

In Descendants 3, who scolds Audrey for failing to secure the family legacy after Ben's proposal?

Queen Leah is Audrey's grandmother, and Judith Maxie came back to reprise the part she had first played in the original 2015 film.

In Descendants 3, Uma's crew agree to help Mal only after she falsely promises what?

To free the Isle's kids was a promise Mal never intended to keep, because she secretly planned to seal the Isle off for good, and the lie later breaks the group apart.

In the mid-credits scene of Descendants 3, Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos return to the Isle to reunite with whom?

Their parents are who the four race off to see, closing a trilogy that began when Ben invited these same four villain kids to Auradon.

Which Descendants 3 actress also played Kitty in the To All the Boys films and its spin-off XO, Kitty?

Anna Cathcart first found fame as Agent Olympia on the PBS Kids series Odd Squad, a role that won her a Canadian Screen Award.

Which author wrote Escape from the Isle of the Lost, the 2019 prequel novel to Descendants 3?

Melissa de la Cruz launched the book series in 2015 with The Isle of the Lost, a New York Times bestseller set before the events of the first film.

Which toy company's Descendants 3 doll line was used to animate the stop-motion short Wicked Woods?

Hasbro's dolls became the cast of that 2019 Halloween short, while a 2024 stop-motion follow-up switched to dolls made by rival Mattel.

Which Project Runway season one runner-up designed the costumes for Descendants 3 and both earlier films?

Kara Saun dressed all three films of the original trilogy, having earlier designed costumes for the MTV series America's Best Dance Crew.

After cancelling the Descendants 3 red carpet premiere in July 2019, Disney instead donated to which charity?

The Thirst Project was a cause the film's late star had championed, and the network dedicated the telecast itself to his memory.