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Two new villain kids are packing their bags for Auradon, and Disney Channel just let the cameras in.

With “Descendants 3” set to premiere August 2, 2019, Disney Channel released the featurette “New VKs | Road to Auradon | Descendants 3” to introduce the newest arrivals from the Isle of the Lost. Sofia Carson (Evie) and Cameron Boyce (Carlos) sit down with returning actress Anna Cathcart and newcomer Jadah Marie to break down what it means for their characters, Dizzy Tremaine and Celia Facilier, to finally cross the bridge into Auradon Prep.

• Anna Cathcart returns as Dizzy Tremaine, granddaughter of Lady Tremaine, tracing her arc from the quirky Isle hairstylist introduced in “Descendants 2” to a student living out her dream in Auradon.
• Jadah Marie joins the franchise as Celia, daughter of “The Princess and the Frog” villain Dr. Facilier, described as a fortune-telling hustler who reads tarot cards and works angles for cash on the Isle before earning her spot at Auradon Prep.
• The incoming VK class also includes Mr. Smee’s twin sons, Squeaky (Christian Convery) and Squirmy (Luke Roessler), rounding out the new arrivals alongside Dizzy and Celia.

Dizzy’s Long Road to Auradon

For Cathcart, the featurette is a chance to revisit a character who’s been waiting in the wings since “Descendants 2.” Dizzy spent that film running a hair-and-makeup stall on the Isle of the Lost, dreaming out loud about a life beyond the barrier, and “Descendants 3” finally delivers on that setup. Cathcart talks through Dizzy’s excitement at getting the acceptance she’d been chasing, framing it less as a plot twist and more as a payoff for viewers who’ve followed the character across two films.

Carson and Boyce, who’ve been in the franchise since the original 2015 “Descendants,” speak to that continuity directly, treating Dizzy’s arrival as a milestone for the world they helped build rather than just a new face in the cast photo.

Celia Brings Hustle and Tarot Cards to the Isle

Jadah Marie’s Celia is the featurette’s true newcomer, and the cast doesn’t undersell her introduction. As Dr. Facilier’s daughter, Celia inherits a built-in connection to one of the franchise’s sharpest villains, and the group walks through her personality in specific terms: ambitious, street-smart, and never without a deck of tarot cards she uses to read fortunes and talk her way into extra cash on the Isle.

Celia’s the kind of kid who can read your future and empty your pockets before you realize what happened.

That hustler’s edge is what makes her transition to Auradon Prep land as more than a costume change. The cast frames her arrival the same way the franchise has always sold its premise — a villain’s kid getting a shot at something better — and Marie’s Celia is positioned as the freshest test of that idea in “Descendants 3.”

A Promotional Push Reshaped by Tragedy

This featurette landed during a final stretch of promotion that Disney had already restructured. In July 2019, the studio canceled the traditional red carpet premiere for “Descendants 3” following the passing of Cameron Boyce, shifting its marketing toward television airings and digital pieces like this one that put the focus back on the cast and the franchise’s long-running theme of redemption and belonging.

Boyce’s presence in this particular clip, sitting alongside Carson, Cathcart, and Marie to talk up the next generation of VKs, makes the segment part of that same redirected promotional effort — a celebration of the cast rather than a red carpet spectacle.

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Squeaky and Squirmy barely get a line in the featurette, but their inclusion tells you Auradon Prep’s incoming class is bigger than just Dizzy and Celia — and with “Descendants 3” airing August 2, fans will finally see how much screen time Smee’s twins actually get once the gates swing open.