Maxxie

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Maxxie
Mitch Hewer as Maxxie
First appearance	"Tony"
Centric episodes	"Maxxie and Anwar"
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Student
Portrayed by	Mitch Hewer
Created by	Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain

Maxxie is a fictional character in the television series Skins portrayed by Mitch Hewer.

[edit] Characterisation

Maxxie is portrayed as a proud, openly gay teenager who also has status as one of the lads amongst his peers; being gay is only incidental to his character. He is portrayed as a proficient tap dancer, brilliant artist,^[1] seductive,^[2] well-liked and well-adjusted. He is something of a comedian, much like with best friends Anwar and Chris. According to a Myspace-style "about me" section on the Skins website,^[3] he describes his favourite things as toast, boys, dancing, drawing, Arcade Fire and the Sistine Chapel, and he wants to meet Johnny Depp, Nigel Reo-Coker and Ron from Harry Potter.

[edit] Character history

In "Tony" he convinces Anwar and Chris to join him on a "big gay night out", but eventually goes to Abigail Stock's party.

In "Maxxie and Anwar", on a school trip to Russia, Maxxie and best mate Anwar face issues regarding their status as best friends, with Anwar's faith condemning homosexuality. Maxxie indicates he views Anwar as homophobic and hypocritical - as a Muslim, he dislikes gay people but at the same time has pre-marital sex, takes drugs and alcohol. Eventually, Maxxie tries one more time to get Anwar to disregard his religion, but Anwar reluctantly refuses, ending their friendship. Maxxie walks away with tears in his eyes. Tony tries repeatedly to give oral sex to Maxxie, which Maxxie refuses until he is very drunk and distraught one night, only to inform Tony that he isn't very good at it - and with Tony's girlfriend Michelle having seen the whole thing.

In "Michelle", Tony is seen continuing to flirt with Maxxie, and Michelle subsequently dumps Tony. Maxxie is quick to apologise to Michelle for the incident in Russia, and he is upset when she derides him as boyfriend-stealing and a "dirty little slut." Later, racked with guilt over his friends' breakup, Maxxie states in his psychology lesson that it was his fault that Tony and himself ended up kissing despite the fact that everything that happened had been pushed for and orchestrated by Tony.

In the first series finale, Maxxie calls Anwar to wish him a happy birthday however refuses to attend his party until Anwar tells his parents that Maxxie is gay. Anwar, desperate to see Maxxie eventually finds him waiting outside, still refusing to go inside. Mr. Correll eventually arrives outside spotting Maxxie, the two talk until Anwar tells his father that Maxxie is gay. Mr. Correll seemingly ignores Anwar until Maxxie restates it himself. Mr Correll then explains that there are a lot of things in the world he doesn't understand - particularly homosexuality, but has faith he will one day and would never treat Maxxie differently. With that, Maxxie and Anwar's friendship is renewed. Maxxie and Anwar also back up Chris in the brawl later that night, and in the end Maxxie ends up in an embrace with one of Chris's attackers who has seemingly fallen for him.

[edit] References

Skins
General	Episode list • Unseen Skins episodes • Soundtrack
Characters	Tony Stonem • Sid Jenkins • Cassie • Jal Fazer • Chris Miles Maxxie • Anwar Kharral • Michelle Richardson • Effy Stonem • Abigail Stock