Descendants Solid Mirror on Cameron Boyce’s Would-Be Future (Unique)

The solid of Descendants: The Rise of Purple is preserving the late Cameron Boyce‘s legacy alive.

On the D23 conference on August 9, the solid of the Disney+ spinoff, which follows a new group of characters at Auradon Prep, stopped by PEOPLE’s suite to debate the movie, which sees Uma (China Anne McClain) who’s now the principal, instate a brand new rule permitting youngsters from all around the kingdom to attend the college, together with Purple (Kylie Cantrall), the daughter of the Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora).

In the course of the dialog, they spoke to the legacy that Boyce – who starred within the unique three movies alongside Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson and Booboo Stewart – left behind for the franchise.

Joshua Colley stated the movie is “carrying on [Boyce’s] legacy,” because the actor – who tragically died on the age of 20 as a consequence of problems from epilepsy in 2019 – and his beloved character Carlos have been honored in The Rise of Purple and Descendants: The Royal Marriage ceremony. “I do know he is honored in our film, and so we all the time simply wish to honor the work that he did and the expertise that he [had].”

Peder Lindell piggybacked off his costar’s feedback, calling Boyce an “unbelievable actor” as he stated, “The truth is, he would’ve simply taken off.”

Colley, 22, added that Boyce set “the best” bar for the solid. “Hopefully we honored the bar that he put up for us.”

Dara Reneé, who performs Uliana within the new film, stated that Boyce’s “legacy is so impactful,” as she shared, “He was an exquisite human being. I did not get the possibility to know him, however each single particular person I’ve talked to has solely stated good issues. And that is very uncommon on this enterprise. So the truth that he has that legacy and he is persevering with it and having the ability to develop up with somebody like that was such an honor and I am so grateful for that.”

Ruby Rose Turner referred to as the late actor “a present – not solely to this franchise – however simply the trade.”

Like Lindell, she mused that if Boyce had been nonetheless right here, “No matter he can be deciding to do proper now can be unbelievable and so interesting to him. And I want he was right here so we may all have the ability to see that.”

Turner added that the films “would’ve by no means been the identical with out Cameron,” whereas Malia Baker shared that you simply “can really feel” his legacy on set.

“Watching him on display – I by no means received to know him in particular person, however I really feel like I can sense his power simply off of how vigorous and simply how particular he was on display and his essence,” Morgan Dudley added. “I do not suppose that’ll ever go away. And that is what made Descendants so particular. A lot of it was what he delivered to it, simply his life.”

The celebs have beforehand spoken about Boyce’s legacy, with Reneé telling PEOPLE, “We couldn’t have finished this with out him. Descendants wouldn’t be what it’s with out him. You simply cannot proceed a narrative with out paying tribute to a very powerful a part of Descendants.” 

In the meantime, McClain added that she was “apprehensive” about doing one other Descendants film following Boyce’s loss of life.

“Cam was the primary heartbreak I’ve ever skilled,” she stated in an unique assertion to PEOPLE. “However as soon as I noticed how excited the brand new era of children had been, it jogged my memory of myself once we created the unique movies.”

The most recent movie, Descendants: The Rise of Purple, seems to go away the door open for extra installments down the highway with its cliffhanger ending. Throughout earlier conversations with PEOPLE forward of the premiere, Cantrall and Baker expressed their need to return for one more film. 

“Right here’s hoping,” Baker stated a couple of potential follow-up, including that she would personally take pleasure in seeing Cinderella and King Charming’s land explored extra in one other movie. “I’d like to see extra of Chloe’s residence life and the way it’s modified since she received again,” she stated.

In the meantime, Cantrall stated she’d like to see Purple’s new dynamic along with her mother. “That is drastically going to vary their relationship, so I am to see how that is going to work,” she stated. “Additionally Purple and Chloe and them now being actually tight, I feel that that is going to be cool to look at.”

Moreover, Brandy and Paolo Montalban, who reprise their roles as Cinderella and Prince Charming greater than twenty years after starring in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, are wanting to play the characters once more. 

“You recognize we will probably be open for one more Descendants,” Brandy stated. “I am open to all the things. I simply wish to see how far they will take the characters as a result of the sky is the restrict.”

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Descendants: The Rise of Purple is at present streaming on Disney+