After starring in Inside Out 2 as Anxiety, Maya Hawke has a spin-off series idea for “Disney Adults.”
During an interview with ScreenRant, Amy Poehler, who voices Joy in the Inside Out movies, and Hawke discussed the future of the franchise. Poehler wants to see Riley continue her life journey and maybe even find love.
“They could just move a little forward and have her graduate from high school, they could flash forward to a feeling of romantic love, [or] they could flash forward to the birth of her first child,” Poehler pitched. “I think Pixar wants to stay kind of young in some ways, and [with] that feeling, but what they do so well is, they grow with their audiences too.”
She applauds the fact that audiences are growing with the Inside Out movies. But at the end of the day, Poehler just really hopes “they keep making more” of the Pixar movies.
A series for Disney adults
As for Hawke, she wants to see an adult-focused Inside Out spin-off series.
“I would also accept an only-for-Disney-adults Inside Out television spin-off, where [in] each episode, you're dealing with a different adult issue,” Hawke said. “It's not really for kids, but it's like, ‘Here guys, we'll give it to you.' Each time you're in a different character's head, seeing them going through something different. I feel like seeing them work through childhood is so beneficial, but we're all working through so many feelings all the time and every person is so different.
“And Riley's so almost perfect. As much as she's going through all these struggles, God, if I could have a kid like Riley someday, I'd be so happy. Or if I could have been a kid like Riley — and I wasn't. I would also love to see — which is not really exactly the right Disney spirit — the mind of a different kind of kid,” she continued.
Amy Poehler chimed in with one last idea: “Or we go backward and everyone's babies. We're just little baby beans,” she said.
What is Inside Out 2 about?
The duo star in Inside Out 2 from Pixar. In the sequel, Riley is now a teenager and dealing with the transition to high school. During a weekend hockey camp, she faces pressure to make the varsity team and struggles with impressing the high schoolers and staying true to herself.
As she hits puberty, Riley is experiencing new emotions. Anxiety (Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edebiri), Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos), and Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser) are introduced in the sequel. They take over the operation run by Joy (Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale), and Disgust (Liza Lapira).
Who is Maya Hawke?
Maya Hawke is the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She made her debut in the BBC's 2017 Little Women adaptation.
Her breakthrough came in 2019 when she starred in the third season of Stranger Things. Since then, Hawke has become a mainstay in the cast as Robin Buckley.
On the big screen, Hawke had a small role in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. She also appeared in Italian Studies and Fear Street Part One: 1994.
Recently, Hawke has appeared in Asteroid City, Maestro, and Wildcat. In Wildcat, Hawke plays Flannery O'Connor. Her father directed and co-wrote the script and she produced the movie.
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