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'Descendants Wicked Wonderland' cast Brandy, Rita Ora and Leonardo Nam discuss how their characters have evolved in this fifth installment to the 'Descendant' film franchise, how being parents has influenced how they see their characters and they predict the film's viral moment.
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00:00From a mistake!
00:01Mistake!
00:03Why did we go about this?
00:04Mistake!
00:05You can tell we loved it, huh?
00:07All right, no words.
00:08There's not enough words.
00:09Each time they present a script and a story,
00:12I'm always amazed by what Disney does.
00:14They kind of elevate the universe,
00:17and they kind of open up this universe and franchise
00:19in a way that is mind-blowing, but makes sense.
00:23This isn't the Wonderland I grew up with.
00:25They want a perfect princess.
00:28I just was so excited to be coming back,
00:31and then, obviously, reading the script
00:33and working on a song with Brandy.
00:35Like, our duet for me is my favorite, selfishly,
00:38on the soundtrack.
00:39Me, too.
00:39Because we've always wanted to do a song together,
00:41and, you know, we didn't record it together,
00:43but, like, it just was so exciting to film it on the day.
00:47We spent a whole day doing it.
00:48It was, like, a whole day.
00:49It was so great, and we supported each other.
00:51It was just a great vibe and experience,
00:54and I want to do more stuff with you, girl.
00:56Me, too. Please.
00:57Yes.
00:57Yes.
00:58I'm here for it.
00:59I'm here for it.
01:00Yes, please.
01:01Hit first, Billboard.
01:02Well, my mom's even stricter than before.
01:04I mean, she told me here to school.
01:07Yikes.
01:07It was so beautiful to approach it as a mom,
01:10because I am a mom, and I love being a mom.
01:12I think that's a part of my superpower is because I'm a mother,
01:16and I love the queen that she is, the friend that you see her become with the Queen of Hearts,
01:22and how she takes control in this new film and what she's doing, and I love it.
01:27And I'm happy to be a part of something this special.
01:30Did you really think I wouldn't notice that you're doing an amazing job?
01:36I love being so versatile with this character.
01:40Obviously, in the last one, she was a villain, and in this one, you really see her motherly
01:44instincts and her friendship with Cinderella, and it is exactly like how it is in the movie.
01:50Like, you know, we really bonded, and we were in that cage for a while, you know?
01:54I call it that.
01:55But it was definitely just a joy to see that side of her, you know?
02:00It's just really sweet, honestly.
02:01It's so sweet to be acknowledged.
02:04You know, flowers smell really good.
02:06Yes!
02:07I love flowers.
02:08They're so great.
02:09So, it feels great, and I feel blessed and honored that I get a chance to smell some of the
02:15roses.
02:16Forever.
02:17Everybody's being really sweet.
02:19Everybody just saying how much they like what I've done.
02:22Oh!
02:23Yeah.
02:24Yes, indeed.
02:24It's just like, no words.
02:26There's not enough words.
02:28I don't want to take up all your time, but like...
02:31I'm her biggest fan, so there's that.
02:32I'm yours.
02:33His dad was my mom's advisor, and my friend.
02:35My only friend.
02:37And his son, Max.
02:38Let me show you the hat trick.
02:39If you guys don't like it, I'm going to be very upset.
02:41He wore button downs and bow ties.
02:43For me to play a character that was so polar opposite in the last one, and then to, in this
02:48one,
02:48and to play a villain and to, but still, you know, have a son.
02:52And, you know, I'm a father now as well.
02:54So, I had to find ways of layering that in into a backstory for me personally to be able to
02:59justify it.
03:00And it's so fun to be able to play with these two, you know, in our scenes.
03:05Sometimes.
03:06Women sometimes.
03:08No, because we were acting too.
03:10We were acting up.
03:11And, you know, he has a lot of serious parts as a villain, you know?
03:14And so we needed to cut it out, and he helped me to reel it in.
03:19It helped me be mad.
03:21We just couldn't get it together.
03:23And then he was like, okay, you guys, seriously?
03:25And I was like...
03:26The key to our heaven is mine.
03:32I mean, the moment speaks to itself.
03:34I mean, we set the example in whatever 1990, whatever we did, we set the example that,
03:41you know, everybody should be versatile and diverse, and love doesn't have a color.
03:47And we explained that and exampleed that back in the day.
03:52So, you know, catch on, guys.
03:54That's the way life should be.
03:56That's it.
03:56And catch on.
03:57Oh, I don't know.
03:58Oh, that's a great question.
03:59That is.
04:00Is it the moment you get stuck in the chandelier?
04:02That's pretty cool.
04:03Wait, did you?
04:04For three days?
04:05For three days.
04:06Oh, my.
04:06They shot that for a long time, and he was, like, in there for three days.
04:10So bad.
04:11It was a fun scene, because we kept poking at you and stuff, so...
04:14And you would think they would have, you know, CGI'd him.
04:17But nah, that was great.
04:17No, they were like, no, you there!
04:20That was a real...
04:21No, he had to.
04:22He had to.
04:22Yeah.
04:23I can't wait for this.
04:24I think all of it's moments.
04:25The songs, like, the outfits, the dance routines, like, there's a lot of moments there.
04:30You can tell we loved it, huh?
04:31Welcome to my wonderland.
04:34We can wonderland.
04:36Truth or dare, are you sure that you'll bear?
04:40Well, here on the beach, where the outfits were considered to be seen?
04:42But you know that what we have made with the outfits, but for the outfits, you have to be seen.
04:42Yeah.
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