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Draft:Anxiety (Inside Out)

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Anxiety
Inside Out character
First appearanceInside Out 2 (2024)
Created by
Based onAnxiety (emotion)
Voiced byMaya Hawke
In-universe information
OccupationEmotion of the anxiety

Anxiety is a fictional character from the 2024 film Inside Out 2. She is the personification of the emotion of the same name. Maya Hawke is the official voice of the character, whose role was landed after having a meeting with director Kelsey Mann via Zoom in a back office at Epcot. The character was generally well received by critics, who praised her personality and Hawke's performance.

Development

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In the early drafts of Inside Out 2, Anxiety was intended to be an antagonistic force. Kelsey Mann, the director of the film, said that she felt like a "Cardboard Villain", and was unsatisfied with the writing. He hired two psychologists as advisers. Lisa Damour and Dacher Keltner, and they decided to rewrite it so that Anxiety would be motivated by the love of Riley. [1] Lisa Damour stated that one of the ways to solve anxiety, grounding, or touching a physical object, inspired a scene where Riley overcomes a panic attack by touching a Hockey Stick.[2] Uncut Gems was cited as an inspiration for all of Anxiety's scenes, specially the visually intensive ones.[3][4] On November 9, 2023, Maya Hawke was revealed to be voicing the character.[5] Mann auditioned Hawke via Zoom at the office of a back room in Epcot during a family vacation with his kids after Nielsen told him that Hawke was available to audition just then, with her anxious performance driving him to tears.[6] The anxiety attack was one of the defining moments of the film. According to cinematographers Jonathan Pytko and Adam Habib, “We wanted to show an image that was compelling. It’s not something you want to just throw away.” It becomes a “frenetic whirlwind” as Riley gets deeper into the attack. And when she calms down, the “color shifts from a cooler tone to a warmer tone to start bringing that joy back into the frame,” Pytko said.[7]

Appearances

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Inside Out 2

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She is one of the four new emotions inside Riley Andersen's mind. After Riley goes to an ice hockey summer camp, she decides to take over Riley's brain entirely. Joy and the other main emotions are stranded, and are forced to come back. Anxiety tries to mold Riley in her own image, causing Riley to be obsessed with succeeding in hockey. At one point, Riley has a panic attack. However, by the end of the film, the other emotions come back.

Video games

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On June 13, 2024, the day before Inside Out 2's release, kart-racing game Disney Speedstorm began its eighth season, Journey of Emotions, which is based on Inside Out.[8]

Reception

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Anxiety has received praise. Meg Walter of Deseret said that the film helped her understand her own anxiety.[9] Noah Berlatsky, in a CNN article, said that " I appreciate the way that “Inside Out 2” gives its anxious antagonist a heart and some positive characteristics amidst its frantic quivering"[10] Owen Gleiberman of Variety praised Hawke's performance as Anxiety, calling it a "grotesquely styled voice that might as well have been called Caffeinated Calculus or Desire to Belong or Obsessive-Compulsive Social Climbing FOMO."[11] The character attracted further attention, for example, from Vulture's Alison Willmore or Jordan Hoffman for Entertainment Weekly.[12][13] J. Michael Jordan of Christianity Today praised the character throughout the film, calling her a key part.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Caron, Christina (June 14, 2024). "What 'Inside Out 2' Teaches Us About Anxiety". New York Times.
  2. ^ Barbara, Regina G (June 19, 2024). "What 'Inside Out 2' got right about anxiety, per a psychologist". NPR.
  3. ^ Radulovic, Petrana (April 16, 2024). "Uncut Gems helped inspire Inside Out 2". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Anderton, Ethan (April 17, 2024). "How Pixar's Inside Out 2 Took Surprising Inspiration From An Adam Sandler Movie". /Film. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  5. ^ Zahed, Ramin (November 9, 2023). "Watch: Meet Anxiety, the New Emotion Introduced in Pixar's 2024 Sequel, Inside Out 2". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  6. ^ O'Rourke, Ryan (April 16, 2024). "Maya Hawke's 'Inside Out 2' Audition Moved Director Kelsey Mann to Tears". Collider. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  7. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (Jun 25, 2024). "How 'Inside Out 2' Presented Riley's Anxiety Attack". Variety. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  8. ^ Bonomolo, Cameron (June 13, 2024). "Disney Speedstorm Season 8 Update Adds Inside Out Racers, New Team Mode". ComicBook.com. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  9. ^ "It's tough to top Bing Bong, but 'Inside Out 2' comes pretty close". Deseret News. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  10. ^ Berlatsky, Noah (2024-06-14). "Opinion: Why Anxiety from 'Inside Out 2' is such a relatable character to me". CNN. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  11. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (June 12, 2024). "'Inside Out 2' Review: New Feelings Propel a Pixar Sequel Enchanting Enough to Second That Emotion". Variety. Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  12. ^ Willmore, Alison (2024-09-25). "Inside Out 2 Is Another Product of the Pixar Slump". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  13. ^ Hoffman, Jordan (June 12, 2024). "Inside Out 2 adds new emotions, but it's the same old story". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  14. ^ Jordan, J. Michae (June 26, 2024). "'Inside Out 2' Puts Anxiety in Its Place". Christianity Today. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

Category:Pixar characters Category:Film characters introduced in 2024 Category:Animated characters introduced in 2024 Category:Inside Out (franchise) Category:Female characters in animated films

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