You Can Thank (Or Blame?) Steven Spielberg For The Ending Of ‘Twisters’

He was a (cowboy hat-wearing storm chaser) boy. She was a (by-the-books Brit playing an American) girl. Can I make it any more obvious? Well, for Steven Spielberg , it was a little too obvious.

Twisters , which debuted with a shocking $80.5 million at the box office, does not end the way you think it might: with Tyler Owens ( Glen Powell ) running through an airport to give Kate Cooper ( Daisy Edgar-Jones ) a big ol’ smooch. Instead, there’s no kiss. There originally was, but Spielberg, who produced the film through Amblin Entertainment, suggested it be removed.

“I think it’s a Spielberg note, wasn’t it?” Edgar-Jones told Collider . “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 added, “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.”

Director Lee Isaac Chung agreed with his two stars. “I feel like audiences are in a different place now in terms of wanting a kiss or not wanting a kiss. I actually tried the kiss, and it was very polarizing — and it’s not because of their performance of the kiss,” he explained to Entertainment Weekly . “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.”

This just means Powell and Edgar-Jones need to star in another movie where they get to kiss. They have too much chemistry not to.

(Via Collider and Entertainment Weekly )