Disney Channel followers had been handled to a particular shock through the Disney Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour‘s New York Metropolis cease.
Chandler Kinney, greatest identified for her function as Willa within the Zombies movie franchise, joined her fellow Disney stars on stage at Madison Sq. Backyard on Thursday, August 21. “I’m so excited,” she stated backstage in a Thursday Instagram video. “MK [Mekonnen Knife] organized this whole factor. He known as me and was like, ‘ what? We gotta carry you on stage.’ So, right here we’re!”
Earlier than making her grand entrance, Kinney yelled into the gang, “Did any individual say werewolf?” The gang erupted into cheers as she joined Descendants: The Rise of Purple star Kylie Cantrall on stage. The pair led the gang in a bunch howl earlier than Knife, Dara Reneé, and Joshua Colley‘s efficiency of “We Personal the Evening” and “Name to the Wild” from Zombies 2.
Backstage, Kinney danced alongside to the track together with her Zombies 4: Daybreak of the Vampires costar Malachi Barton. “I did it!” she exclaimed.
Along with Kinney, a number of solid members of the upcoming Disney+/Disney Channel sequence Coven Academy had been additionally in attendance at Thursday night time’s present. “Zombies, Descendants, AND Coven Academy?! 🤝#DZWorldsCollideTour,” the Disney Zombies Instagram account captioned a backstage group picture.
Kinney bought her Disney Channel begin on episodes of Woman Meets World and Ok.C. Undercover in 2015 and 2017, respectively, earlier than taking up the function of the werewolf alpha Willa in 2020’s Zombies 2. She reprised the function in 2022’s Zombies 3, the animated present Zombies: The Re-Animated Collection, and most not too long ago, Zombies 4, which premiered final month.
Outdoors of the Zombies universe, Kinney is thought for her roles on the sequence Deadly Weapon and Fairly Little Liars: Authentic Sin. She additionally competed with Brandon Armstrong in Season 33 of Dancing With the Stars final yr, ending in third place.
She paid tribute to her Zombies function by dancing a Paso Doble to “We Personal the Evening” through the present’s Disney Evening in October 2024. The dance earned Kinney and Armstrong one of many highest scores of the night time with all nines from judges Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli.
The Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour kicked off final month and options a number of of the movies’ stars — together with Cantrall, Knife, Reneé, Colley, Barton, Malia Baker, and Freya Skye — performing the most important hits from the Descendants and Zombies film soundtracks.
The tour will journey to extra cities throughout the U.S. earlier than concluding in Fort Value, Texas, on September 16.