Twisters
The “No-Kissing” movie ending came to be in the limelight with the release of the thriller Twisters, starring Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Anthony Ramos. Some iconic moments of this movie include a riveting storm-chasing plot throughout Tornado Alley of Oklahoma, an original soundtrack album featuring top country artists like Luke Combs and Lainey Wilson, and of course, a captivating chemistry between Powell and Edgar-Jones.
If you haven’t seen the movie, maybe “Cowboy Glen Powell” is all the convincing you need to go see it. Twisters took the box office by storm, drawing interest as a stand-alone sequel to the OG Twisters (1966), and talk about having spectacular visual effects. From the box office to the internet, Twisters has been going viral because of one more aspect: Powell and Edgar-Jones do not kiss at the end of the movie—in fact, they don’t kiss at all during the entire film. As the leaked scene continues to permeate TikTok (along with “Glenergy”), we know producers even filmed an alternative ending scene with the airport kiss that everybody expected but ultimately decided to forego.
In an interview with Collider, the cast discussed the movie’s “no-kissing” ending. Edgar-Jones said, “I think it stops the film feeling too clichéd, 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.” So Edgar-Jones is team #NoKiss.
Cowboy Glen added, “This movie is not about them finding love, it’s about returning Kate to the thing that she loves, which is storm chasing.” Powell then described the alternative ending as, “unrepresentative of the right goal.” Maybe Powell was just trying to shut down the rumors that he is a bad kisser, but that’s a story for another day. The stars do, however, confirm that this particular ending was largely a result of Steven Spielberg’s advice and his weight as such a reputational filmmaker.
It’s kind of hard to believe, but many fans have a bone to pick with executive producer, Steven Spielberg and the director of the film, Lee Isaac Chung, because they are firm believers of H.P.K., Hot People Kissing. Yes, there is no argument that we all would have loved to see these gorgeous people lock lips on the big screen, and I thought they would have kissed you know, after literally saving the entire state of Oklahoma.
However, I am also on team #NoKiss, because at the end of the day, I believe the No-Kissing movie ending is subtly empowering. It is essentially proposing to the audience that maybe it’s time for romance to take a back seat for a little while, and be a great complementary feature but not the end-all-be-all feature. The last thing I will say about Twisters is thank goodness the film did not cut Cowboy Glen’s wet white t-shirt scene.