Kiss or no kiss, Glen Powell is just happy fans care enough about Twisters to start discourse online.
In an interview with Screenrant, the actor, who stars opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones in the sequel to 1996’s Twister, recently shared his reaction to the surprising uproar over a kiss between the two leads being omitted from the film.
“I’m taking it very personally!” he said. “I’m sure you’ve seen the behind-the-scenes, where I did get to kiss Daisy Edgar-Jones, which really is all that counts. [Laughs] We had a great time, and I’m really proud of the movie.”
Throughout the movie, romantic tension builds between Powell’s Tyler, a hotshot storm chaser, and Edgar-Jones’ Kate, a retired tornado-chaser, as they team up to take on a massive tornado. However, an on-screen kiss never made it into the final cut, and footage only later emerged on social media of the two stars filming an alternate ending where they do kiss (leaving some fans disappointed).
“I really think that even that [backlash] shows that people care, which is really great,” Powell added. “I just love how excited people have gotten about that movie, and Daisy and I send each other the TikToks and the gifs. There’s so much funny stuff coming out of it. It’s fun. That’s what summer movies are about. It creates this conversation and cultural moment, and people dress up and do the thing. It’s been really awesome. So, kiss or no kiss, everybody’s a winner.”
Director Lee Isaac Chung has previously shared why he chose the no-kiss ending, standing by his final decision.
“I actually tried the kiss, and it was very polarizing — and it’s not because of their performance of the kiss,” the filmmaker said. “This [no-kiss shot] was the other option that I had filmed on the day, and I got to say, I like it better. I think it’s a better ending. And I think that people who want a kiss within it, they can probably assume that these guys will kiss someday. And maybe we can give them privacy for that.”
He continued at the time, “In a way, this ending is a means to make sure that we really wrap things up with it in a celebratory, good way. If it ends on the kiss, then it makes it seem as though that’s what Kate’s journey was all about, to end up with a kiss. But instead, it’s better that it ends with her being able to continue doing what she’s doing with a smile on her face.”
Edgar-Jones has also described the ending that made the final cut as “nice and refreshing.”
