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As Descendants’ Uma moves into the principal’s office environment at Auradon Prep in Descendants: Rise of Red, she’s remembering her roots on the Isle of the Misplaced — although the franchise pays tribute to the late Cameron Boyce.
“I utilized to detest Mal, but you know what transpired? We reconciled,” Uma, played by China Ann McLain, claimed in the new Disney+ sequel though settling into her new place of work. “We saw the goodness in just about every other.”
As Uma spoke, the digital camera panned to show off framed images of Mal (Dove Cameron), Evie (Sofia Carson), Ben (Mitchell Hope) and Jay (Booboo Stewart) from the authentic 2015, 2017 and 2019 movies. The gallery wall also showcased a portrait of Carlos (Boyce) in the center.
“When she and Ben lastly opened up the Isle, they gave all villains a second probability. It’s time Wonderland bought a person, way too,” Uma tells Fairy Godmother, performed by Melanie Paxson. “This [invitation] is for Princess Red.”
Fairy Godmother then asked Uma no matter whether she was positive about offering Pink, the daughter of Alice in Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts, the likelihood to enroll at Auradon’s boarding faculty. Uma, nevertheless, did not wait.
“It’s what Carlos would have preferred,” Uma tearfully provides, seemingly confirming the character’s absence. “So, really don’t do it for me. Do it in honor of him.”

Cameron Boyce David Livingston/WireImage
Boyce’s Carlos starred in the first a few Descendants videos, which took the small children of legendary Disney villains in a fish-out-of-h2o tale at Auradon Prep along with the offspring of fairy tale princes and princesses. Carlos, for his element, is the son of Cruella de Vil.
Amid the films’ good results, Boyce died suddenly in July 2019 at the age of 20.
“It is with a profoundly large heart that we report that this early morning we lost Cameron,” a spokesperson for Boyce advised Us Weekly in a assertion at the time. “He passed absent in his rest due to a seizure which was a consequence of an ongoing clinical affliction for which he was being addressed.”
The rep added, “The earth is now certainly without having one particular of its brightest lights, but his spirit will stay on as a result of the kindness and compassion of all who realized and beloved him.”
Aside from McClain’s Uma and Paxson’s Fairy Godmother, none of the other franchise OGs appeared in Descendants: Increase of Crimson. The film is mostly a new tale, subsequent Red (Kylie Cantrall) and classmate Chloe (Malia Baker) as they have to rewrite the sordid past between their respective moms, Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora) and Cinderella (Brandy).
“We’re just striving to add to [the universe], not acquire nearly anything away from it,” Cantrall, 19, completely instructed Us Weekly forward of the film’s premiere. “Right away, I resonated with [Red], and I thought that there was a little something so neat about her tale since she is these kinds of an anti-hero, and she does not wanna be queen [and] she does not wanna comply with her mom’s footsteps.”
Descendants: Rise of Pink is presently streaming on Disney+.