Twisters proved to be a huge box office success over the weekend, thanks in large part between the white hot chemistry between leads Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
But despite the very obvious connection between the two, the film never shows the characters actually kiss, a creative decision that was apparently made by the movie’s executive producer, Steven Spielberg.
“I think it's a Spielberg note, wasn’t it?” Edgar-Jones said during a recent interview with Collider. “Do you know what it is? I think it stops the film feeling too cliched, actually. I think there's something really wonderful about it feeling like there's a continuation. This isn't the end of their story. They're united by their shared passion for something."
Powell agreed and offered his own perspective on their characters not kissing.
“I also think that this movie is not about them finding love,” he explained. “It's returning Kate to the thing that she loves, which is storm chasing. So that's what you have at the end of the movie. They share this thing, and her passion is reinvigorated, and her sense of home is reinvigorated. I feel like a kiss would be sort of unrepresentative of the right goal at the end of the movie. And it is a good Spielberg note. It's why that kid is still in this game. It's amazing.”
Thankfully, the actual kiss between the two characters was leaked online.
It looks like audiences didn't seem to mind the lack of smooching, as Twisters debut eye-popping $80.5 million at the domestic box office. The film also stars Maura Tierney, Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane, David Corenswet, and Katy O'Brian, among others.