Anxiety is a fictional character of the 2024 Disney / Pixar film InsideOut2. Voiced by Maya Hawke, she is a personification of Riley Andersen's anxiety, who takes residence in her mind shortly after she enters puberty. Anxiety, the new emotion introduced in InsideOut2, plays a pivotal role in the plot. As the sixth emotion inside Riley Andersen's mind, Anxiety is depicted as a nervous character, anxious about meeting pre-existing emotions like Joy. · To Get Anxiety Right, InsideOut2 Had to Go to Therapy The filmmakers turned to an expert on adolescent stress to make the worrying antagonist more realistic—and not all bad. · Clinical psychologist and InsideOut2 consultant Lisa Damour says the movie is surprisingly accurate when it comes to experiencing anxiety and puberty. Particularly, Damour notes that, as... · Maya Hawke shares how she tapped into her own voice of anxiety to play the new emotion in the Pixar sequel. She also reveals her favorite Pixar film and what she hopes audiences will learn from Inside Out 2. · The most consequential of the new arrivals is Anxiety, whose well-meaning but chaotic influence pushes Riley and the other emotions to the edge of mental and social catastrophe. · “InsideOut2” follows a now 13-year-old Riley who must grapple with a new set of overbearing emotions while staying at a sleepaway hockey camp — with the most controlling emotion of all...
