Dove Cameron Talks The Descendants 2

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00:00A human being, I think, develops these, like, walls and, like, sort of coping mechanisms

00:04with how to simultaneously, like, let the inside world in but not too close.

00:09And if you can imagine being, like, a normal human experiencing that, Mal obviously has

00:13dealt with, like, neglect and, like, zero support, and she's her only—she's her only

00:19sense of support and love for her whole life.

00:21And so now that she has real love, it's very hard for her to accept.

00:26And also I think—and I can definitely relate to this, and I think a lot of people can in

00:29the sense that, like, when you deal with conflict and when you deal with hitting a wall, it's

00:35very easy to focus on that rather than focusing on yourself.

00:38And then when everything's right in the world, everybody's like, be yourself, do whatever

00:41you want.

00:42You're like, wait, wait, wait, what do you mean?

00:43Who am I?

00:44And you're like, I don't know how to do that.

00:45So that's kind of—she, like, loses herself and finds herself and then loses herself and

00:50then finally finds herself at the end.

00:51But she goes through a bit of, like, a mid-life crisis.

00:54And it's the struggles with Ben as well, like, how do we start with that relationship?

00:59This is my favorite thing ever, that you're so up and up with, like, the relationships.

01:03He's like, and what about Ben?

01:04And you're, like, sitting there, you're like, talk to me about Ben!

01:07You need to know!

01:08Stroking your facial hair.

01:09Um, yeah.

01:10Yes!

01:11That's all I wanted!

01:12He gave it to me!

01:13Um, so, yeah, the struggle is mainly with Ben because Ben—and I relate to this so hard,

01:20again—because Ben is such a love and really does love her for everything that she is, so

01:26authentically, she doesn't—that's new to her, and it's almost damaging in a way because

01:32it's so—it then does give her the space to explore all of the stuff that she's never

01:37even seen of herself with another human being who's just holding her hand and being like,

01:41okay, baby, like, everything you do is good.

01:43And I've definitely been through that where it's like, oh—because then you're forced

01:48to recognize yourself for the first time.

01:51And that can be a scary, weird thing when you have an identity and it's not really who

01:55you are.

01:56So Ben—Ben definitely is sort of the catalyst that eventually brings her about to a healthier

02:00self.

02:01And we saw a couple scenes.

02:03It looks like the new BKs, she knows a little bit about them.

02:09Yes.

02:10And—

02:11This is like my favorite thing.

02:12We're learning as viewers to know about them, but how much do we know—how much does she

02:18know then?

02:19So this is like my favorite thing, and nobody's asked me this, but this is one of my favorite

02:23things about Descendants, too, is these new characters.

02:26So basically, there's stuff that is alluded to in the film, but then there's also stuff

02:32that me and Kenny and the actors just made up that you will see in the film that we were

02:37like, I think this is what happened.

02:39And then that was what sort of like inspired their relationships.

02:42And so basically—and I get the lines blurred, like is that really what happened or is that

02:46just what we decided?

02:47Yeah.

02:48Yeah.

02:49Uma was sort of a part of Mal's group of like her gang.

02:54And then when Mal chose them sort of as her like group and excluded Uma, that created

03:00all of that tension.

03:01Right.

03:02Like you could have given me this life, like you are the daughter of the most powerful

03:07one and you like cast me out.

03:08Well, because when Mal decides something, that's like law in that realm.

03:11Right.

03:12And so it really damaged Uma.

03:13And so that's where all of her animosity comes from.

03:16And then Kenny and I and Thomas, who plays Harry Hook, also decided that Harry Hook was

03:22Mal's first love, which is sort of what gives them their weird tension and why he hates

03:26her because she's moved on, right?

03:28And that's why he has all that tension with Ben.

03:31So there's all this like weird backstory stuff.

03:33And then obviously Gil, Gaston's son, is just kind of alarmed for the ride.

03:36He doesn't have any animosity with anybody.

03:37Come on.

03:38Yeah.

03:39He's like, yeah, cool.

03:40Whatever.

03:41I'm here for it.

03:42Yeah.

03:43Can you pick your favorite baby, your favorite song of this one or is it all meshed together?

03:50Yeah.

03:51I think that the opening one is definitely my favorite to like listen to because it's very

03:56radio friendly.

03:57Very like sort of alternative pop amazingness.

04:01And we got to like, I got to like scream in it and like skrelt, screaming and belting.

04:07And it's also the most fun to perform.

04:08But I also love the closing number and the duet between Mal and Evie.

04:13So really, really, we elevated the music this time.

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