<p id=”par-1_40″>Lukita Maxwell is opening up about Alice and Connor’s kiss on <em>Shrinking</em>. In season 2 of the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/apple-tv-plus/”>Apple TV+</a> original series, she and her co-star, Gavin Lewis, who is also a childhood friend, kiss following an intense evening for Alice.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-kissing-her-childhood-best-friend-on-shrinking-surprised-lukita-maxwell”>Kissing her childhood best friend on ‘Shrinking’ surprised Lukita Maxwell</h2>
<p id=”par-2_39″>In <em>Shrinking</em> Season 2 Episode 3: “Psychological Something-ism,” which aired on Oct. 23, 2024, Alice kissed her next-door neighbor, Connor, after meeting Louis (Brett Goldstein), the drunk driver involved in the crash that killed her mother, Tia (Lilan Bowden). </p>
<p id=”par-3_38″>Remember the surprise on Connor’s face as Alice leaned in for a kiss? After all, Connor’s dating Summer (Rachel Stubington) and Alice already made her disinterest in the college student clear. The kiss was surprising to Maxwell, too. </p>
<p id=”par-4_22″><span style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px”>In an interview with <a href=”https://www.thewrap.com/shrinking-season-2-episode-3-lukita-maxwell-brett-goldstein-alice-louis/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>TheWrap</a>, she called every <em>Shrinking</em> script a “fu</span>n shock” and explained that kissing Lewis was surprising because they’re longtime friends. </p>
<p id=”par-5_29″>“Any sort of romantic scene, on that basis, [is] not shocking to me. I was excited that Alice had some romantic things popping up in season 2,” Maxwell said. </p>
<p id=”par-6_41″>“What was shocking was the fact that [writers] had developed that relationship between Alice and Connor,” she continued. “Specifically because the writers know that me and Gavin…have been childhood best friends since we were maybe, like, 8 and 10 years old.” </p>
<p id=”par-7_20″>“He’s, like, my little sister’s best friend from childhood,” she added. “So it was a shock to get the script.” </p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-scene-reminded-maxwell-of-emma-watson-and-rupert-grint-s-harry-potter-kiss”>The scene reminded Maxwell of Emma Watson and Rupert Grint’s ‘Harry Potter’ kiss</h2>
<p id=”par-8_46″>Alice and Connor’s kiss had Maxwell thinking back to Rupert Grint and Emma Watson’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/harry-potter-stars-rupert-grint-and-emma-watson-both-wanted-to-get-their-on-screen-kiss-over-with.html/”>kiss in <em>Harry Potter</em></a><em> and the Deathly Hallows Part 2</em>. Namely how in behind-the-scenes footage from the 2011 movie, the longtime co-stars described how strange it was to have a romantic scene. </p>
<p id=”par-9_49″>“I thought about…the BTS of Emma Watson and Rupert Grint kissing in the <em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</em>, or whichever one it was,” Maxwell said. “And them talking about how it was like, ‘I love this person so much. But it’s just odd.’ It’s just odd kissing them.” </p>
<p id=”par-10_37″>So, how did Lewis and Maxwell get through it? They talked about the scene during a phone conversation. “Gavin and I called each other just being, like, ‘Wow,’” Maxwell said. “Obviously, we’re both actors, and it’s fine.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-alice-makes-mistakes-and-goes-through-chaos-in-shrinking-season-2″>Alice ‘makes mistakes’ and goes ‘through chaos’ in ‘Shrinking’ Season 2</h2>
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<p id=”par-11_109″>The lip-lock with Connor won’t be Alice’s only slip-up in Shrinking Season 2. No longer is she an “anchor,” as Maxwell told Yahoo Canada. “I was really excited to dive into her mentality,” Maxwell said of her character. “Going from a rock, an anchor in season 1, to seeing her make mistakes and go through chaos and learn how to ask for help, and ask for forgiveness.”<br><br>Alice embraces some of the hallmarks of being a teen as she and Jimmy (Jason Segel) return to a more typical father-daughter dynamic. According to Maxwell, their relationship is “more amiable” this time around. Although Alice’s concern for her dad hasn’t gone away. </p>
<p id=”par-12_21″>“She’s just looking out for him. She wants to make sure he doesn’t fall back into his old chaos,” Maxwell said. </p>
<p id=”par-13_13″>A new episode of <em>Shrinking</em> Season 2 drops every Wednesday on <em>Apple</em> TV+. </p>