'Lilo & Stitch' Cast React to Crossing 1 Billion Dollars & Life Since Film's Success | SDCC 2025 - video Dailymotion

The Hollywood Reporter

The cast of 'Lilo & Stitch' stop by THR's suite at Comic-Con and reveal what life has been like since the incredible success of the live-action movie. Plus, they share their reaction to hearing the film crossed the billion-dollar mark.

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00:00How have your lives changed since the first movie came out?

00:04A lot.

00:06And now the story is continuing with a sequel, Lilo and Stitch 2.

00:10We're finally going to get more of the story.

00:13I know, and we've got to do it fast before you grow.

00:16Stop growing.

00:17Sorry, gotta.

00:18Sorry.

00:19I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter here at Comic-Con 2025,

00:31and I'm joined by Maya, Sydney, and Tia to talk all about Lilo and Stitch.

00:35Thank you for being here.

00:37Is this your first Comic-Con?

00:39Yes.

00:40Yeah.

00:41In history.

00:42Not Tia's, but ours.

00:43I was here a few years ago, and I went shopping,

00:46and I went to go visit Chris Sanders at his booth,

00:48and it was pretty cool.

00:50I was wearing my big Stitch hat, and he goes,

00:52oh my gosh, it's Tia.

00:54I was hiding under big glasses in a big Stitch hat.

00:57I want to do that.

00:58I really want to do that with you.

00:59Hashtag Stitch meets Nani.

01:02All over again.

01:04Yeah.

01:05Maya and Sydney, for you,

01:06what has your first Comic-Con been like so far?

01:09It's been wonderful.

01:09We still have so much to see,

01:11but I think it's been really cool to just...

01:14Go shopping.

01:14Yeah, and see how big it is

01:17and how grand and how excited everybody is,

01:19the cosplay, everything.

01:20It looks super cool.

01:22Have you seen any Stitch cosplay?

01:24No.

01:25No, we haven't.

01:26I really want to go.

01:26You've been busy.

01:27We've been all busy.

01:28Yeah, we've been busy,

01:29but I'm excited to go and see it all.

01:31And the box office has been busy with the film.

01:34It recently crossed $1 billion,

01:36became the biggest movie of the year so far,

01:38the first Hollywood movie to do that in 2025.

01:41What was your reaction?

01:42That.

01:44Specifically.

01:44I'm like, oh my God,

01:46I know a billionaire

01:47and he's little and blue and fluffy.

01:49I didn't know how much it was.

01:51And then my mom's like,

01:53okay, you guys just hit a billion dollars.

01:55You guys have been aiming for that.

01:57I'm like, yay, I'm so happy for Disney.

02:00And then she's like, you should be.

02:01And then I'm like,

02:02how much is a million dollars again?

02:04How many zeros?

02:05How many zeros?

02:06A billion.

02:07Billion.

02:08Billion.

02:08And for you, Tia,

02:10what is it like to see

02:11just a whole new generation of fans

02:12embrace Stitch and love this franchise?

02:15It's really gratifying that,

02:17you know, 23 years later,

02:19that the love has lived on.

02:22And that's why we're here doing,

02:23you know, a live action.

02:25And to see these two young women here shine,

02:28I just couldn't be any happier.

02:30They're the perfect Lilo and Nani.

02:32And I'm excited to be invited as Mrs. Kekoa.

02:34Maya and Sydney,

02:35how have your lives changed

02:36since the first movie came out?

02:40A lot.

02:41Being recognized in the streets,

02:43being recognized in Target,

02:45being recognized everywhere.

02:47Target-specific.

02:48Yeah, it's true, actually.

02:49You know, you get way more...

02:50I went to the activation for...

02:52I was at Squid Game.

02:54And then they were coming up

02:56and taking pictures with me.

02:57I'm like, the guys are over there, man.

02:58That's crazy.

03:00Isn't that crazy?

03:01That happened to me.

03:02I was at a bookstore.

03:03I was at a bookstore at The Grove.

03:06And Bob Marley's son was there,

03:09signing books.

03:10He just made...

03:11That's cool.

03:11...a book called Pajaman.

03:14And then everyone started

03:15taking pictures with me.

03:16Of you?

03:16I'm like, sorry!

03:18Sorry!

03:19Like, sorry,

03:20I don't need me taking your attention.

03:22Yeah.

03:22I think it's been rad to see

03:24how much people

03:26have really taken towards the movie

03:27and, again, how timeless it is.

03:29And, you know,

03:30it feels like you're celebrating it all together

03:32every single time

03:34someone comes up or whatever.

03:35And I think

03:36being able to come back home...

03:37We filmed it at home.

03:38We get to come back home

03:39and we get to celebrate it as a win.

03:41I think that's been really rad.

03:43I think that's been the coolest change

03:45thus far as how much

03:46love I have for,

03:49you know,

03:49I think the success of just

03:51Hawaii coming up too

03:52in that way.

03:53Yeah, sharing the aloha spirit.

03:54And nothing at all has changed

03:55at the same time.

03:56We get to go home

03:57and we get to be home,

03:57you know?

03:58That's the cool part, too.

03:59And now the story is continuing

04:01with a sequel.

04:03Lilo and Stitch 2.

04:03We're finally going to get

04:04more of the story.

04:08I don't know.

04:09Are we confirmed for us?

04:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.

04:11I know, I know.

04:12It's confirmed.

04:13I'm just being coy.

04:14Stitch spilled the secret

04:14in his Too Fast card.

04:17Yeah.

04:17I know, and we got to do it fast

04:18before you grow.

04:20Stop growing.

04:21Sorry.

04:22Got to.

04:23Sorry.

04:23What are some things

04:25you'd love to see happen

04:26for Lilo and Nani

04:27in this sequel?

04:28What are some storylines

04:29you'd like to see explored?

04:31That Lilo gets to have

04:33a competition with her,

04:35with the other halals.

04:37Yeah, we were discussing that.

04:38I think I'd love,

04:39yeah, I'd love to see

04:40Lilo rock it with some hula.

04:42Yeah, and then you

04:42better be there.

04:43I think it'd be cool

04:44to see like this next chapter

04:45of like college

04:47coming back around

04:48and seeing this new

04:48family dynamic.

04:50And I think,

04:51I don't know.

04:51I mean, she can visit Lilo

04:52every two seconds.

04:54I know.

04:55And selfishly,

04:56I want Mrs. K Koa

04:57to be placing more

04:58errand aliens

04:59in different foster families.

05:00That would be sick.

05:02Maybe Nani can do

05:03a sorry for start

05:03competition too.

05:05Let's put it all out there.

05:07625 other experiments,

05:09I'm just saying.

05:09There you go.

05:10Come to mama.

05:14We can't wait

05:15to see you in the sequel,

05:16but also Maya and Sydney

05:18for you,

05:19what other kind of like

05:20roles have you

05:20been offered,

05:22you know,

05:22since the success

05:23of the movie?

05:24How has your career

05:25changed in that way?

05:26I'm very excited.

05:28I'm starting to get

05:29into like rom-coms

05:30and really taking

05:33into like actions

05:34and stuff.

05:34And I'm very excited

05:35to see where that goes.

05:36And there's been

05:37a lot of singing

05:38coming back around too.

05:39So music's been

05:40back in my life

05:40and I'm excited for that.

05:42Yeah,

05:43and I'm so blessed

05:45also that I get

05:46to be here.

05:47We're so happy

05:50you're here.

05:50What's a dream role

05:51for you?

05:52Like what's another

05:53kind of role

05:54you'd love to take

05:54on after Lilo?

05:55I need to keep

05:56up on my list

05:57because I have too many.

05:59I want to be

05:59a superhero,

06:00spy,

06:01villain,

06:03maybe.

06:06I just want to

06:07have superpowers.

06:08You're too cute, man.

06:09Yeah.

06:10Well, before you go,

06:11we're going to do

06:11some fun bucket questions

06:13here with Crypto the dog,

06:16this popcorn bucket.

06:18So each of you

06:18can grab one

06:20and then everybody

06:21can answer it.

06:21So you go ahead

06:21and grab one.

06:22Okay.

06:23I'll get the closest one.

06:25Who guesses what I got?

06:27Who's your favorite

06:28superhero and why?

06:29You knew it.

06:30Oh my God.

06:31Oh my God.

06:32We were literally

06:32just talking about

06:33superheroes.

06:34I'm going to have

06:34to go with

06:35Captain America.

06:37Okay.

06:38When was your

06:39first Comic-Con?

06:40Right now.

06:43What's the best

06:44TV theme song ever?

06:46Bonus points

06:46if you sing it.

06:48Oh, dang it.

06:50I think

06:50Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride

06:51is the best.

06:52Yeah, it's great.

06:53Sing it.

06:54Three, two, one, go.

06:55No, you sing it.

06:56Oh.

06:58Yeah, on the spot.

07:00Duet right now.

07:01Hawaiian Rollercoaster

07:02I want the Golden Girls one.

07:08Oh my gosh.

07:09Thank you for being a friend.

07:11Yeah.

07:12An iconic one.

07:13That is iconic.

07:14Friend and a confidant.

07:17Dun, dun, dun.

07:19And then what's your question?

07:21Oh gosh, I forgot I have a question.

07:22I like yours so much.

07:23Did you see James Gunn's Superman?

07:26What did you think of it?

07:27I thought it was great

07:28and I think it was hilarious

07:29because it was more lighthearted

07:30and I love Lois.

07:32I love Rachel Brosnahan

07:33and the new Superman is dreamy.

07:36I thought that it was lighthearted

07:38and I love that.

07:39Change my answer.

07:40I'm going to go with

07:41Fantastic Four characters

07:43for my superheroes.

07:44Oh, good one.

07:46Well, thank you so much

07:47for hanging out with me today

07:48and I hope you have a great rest

07:50of your first Comic-Con.

07:52Okay, thank you.

07:53And thank you, Krypto.

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