Everything You Wanted to Know About Descendants: The Rise of Red Actor Joshua Colley
This truly is the summer of Joshua Colley.
The 22-year-old actor began his career on Broadway performing in Newsies and Les Misérables before making a name for himself with his theater talents on his viral TikTok page. This spring, he turned heads as Monty, the crow familiar-turned-heartthrob on Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives, and on Friday, he made his debut as Hook in the latest film in the Descendants franchise, Descendants: The Rise of Red. His background in musical theater perfectly prepared him for his villainous new Disney role. Below, you can find everything Joshua shared about himself, in his own words, as our Man Crush Monday.
(Photo credit: Austin Martinez)
Name: Joshua Colley
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Birthday: January 20
Fun Facts:
1. Out of every Disney character, Joshua says he relates to Rapunzel from Tangled the most.
"She's such a dreamer and she's full of life. Plus, it's my favorite Disney movie."
-Joshua Colley
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2. His all-time favorite foods are a smash burger with fries.
"You can't go wrong."
-Joshua Colley
3. He has some unusual habits.
"A boring fact about me is that I like to shower in the dark."
-Joshua Colley
4. He says he used to be super obsessed with Roblox.
"Which is so funny. The secret is that I'm still obsessed."
-Joshua Colley
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5. His strangest hobby is also related to the game.
"Not to bring up Roblox again, but my strangest hobby is building things on Roblox, lol."
-Joshua Colley
6. He's unexpectedly pretty good at impressions.
"Everyone always says I do a really good Elmo."
-Joshua Colley
7. He's had plenty of crushes on fictional characters in the past, including "literally everyone in High School Musical."
8. His mom is his biggest hero.
"She's the coolest person on the planet."
-Joshua Colley
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9. Many people don't know this, but Joshua's also pretty good at drawing.
"Sometimes I'll make drawings and then put them on shirts for my friends."
-Joshua Colley
10. His dream vacation is a trip to Italy.
"I'd love to go to Italy. Honestly, anywhere in Europe."
-Joshua Colley
11. One thing that's really core to who Joshua is as a person is that he loves musicals.
"Nothing gives me chills like a musical. That's why I'm so excited to be a part of such a great musical movie like Descendants."
-Joshua Colley
For even more on Joshua, click HERE to read our interview with him on his recent role in Descendants: The Rise of Red.