Zelly is the secondary antagonist of the 2022 Disney+ original film Sneakerella. He is the son of Trey. He is Stacy's brother and one of El's stepbrothers. He is the male counterpart of Drizella Tremaine.
Background[]
Zelly is one of El's mean-spirited stepbrothers who lives with his brother Stacy with his father being Trey often showing a jealous personality to him. In addition to doing judo practice, he is also shown to cause mischief alongside his brother, often keeping El's talents of being a sneaker designer a secret, causing him to get in trouble. However, El was able to correct his bad reputation during Sneakercon, which Zelly and Stacy react in shock after he was declared a sneaker designer.
Role in the film[]
Zelly is first seen doing judo practice while his brother Stacy finished booking a future venture capitalist meeting while El's stepfather Trey tells him to avoid getting distracted at work. Later when El returns after his first encounter with Kira King, Zelly approaches his father who is furious with his stepson for not being present at work at all where his brother Stacy tells him if he is the one that locked up and left without telling anyone, which Zelly replies to him that it was El just before their father grounds his stepson.
After El designed sneakers in Laces, he approaches Zelly and Stacy and serves them toast and as he talks to them, they tell him that their father is discussing with a Foot Locker rep in a plan to convert Laces into a Foot Locker store just before El disguises himself as a waiter. Just before El leaves, he explains to his stepbrothers that he has someone very important to meet, forcing El to go back to work in the stockroom, locking him in the inventory. When El tries to find another exit via goods entrance, his stepbrothers also prevent him from leaving, locking the metal door, leaving him no other way to escape. However, Gustavo manages to rescue him thanks to the magic used on his sneaker design.
Later, when Stacy became aware of El reuniting with Kira, he approaches Zelly, devising a plan to make El's life miserable while singing the musical number "Shut It Down" in a plan to close down El's shoe store. Zelly and Stacy's mischievousness gave a negative impact to El. The following day, El sees his stepbrothers loading the truck, just as he tells her that he is going to Sneakercon in a plan for him to clear out his bad reputation with Kira. Sami encounters El's stepbrothers and interacts with the stuff being loaded onto the truck, much to their worry. Zelly and his brother Tracy arrive at Sneakercon, trying to tell the audience that El is lying to them, only to be shooed out by their father Trey, just before Darius faces him and tells Trey about the mix-up between his stepsons and El. After Trey and his stepson reconcile, Zelly and Stacy back away just before Darius declares El as a sneaker designer.
Trivia[]
- Zelly is the male counterpart to Drizella Tremaine from Cinderella.
- This character is Kolton Stewart's first role in a Disney production.
- Kolton Stewart, the actor who played Zelly, would later star as Tyson Monroe in Disenchanted, the sequel to Enchanted. Coincidentally, both Sneakerella and Disenchanted were both released in the same year.
See also[]
- Drizella Tremaine
- Calliope
- Minerva
- Clorinda
- Florinda
- Lucinda
- Anastasia and Drisella Tremaine
- Ivy Belfrey
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