Maxwell Oliver | |
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Skins character | |
Mitch Hewer as Maxxie
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First appearance | "Tony" (episode 1.01) |
Last appearance | "Final Goodbyes" (episode 2.10) |
Created by | Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain |
Portrayed by | Mitch Hewer |
Seasons | 1-2 |
Centric episode(s) |
"Maxxie and Anwar" |
Information | |
Occupation | Student |
Family | Walter Oliver (father) Jackie Oliver (mother) |
Significant other(s) | James (boyfriend) Tony Stonem (sexual encounter) |
"Maxxie and Anwar"
(ep 1.06)
"Tony and Maxxie"
(ep 2.01)
Maxxie Oliver is a fictional character in the British television series Skins. He is portrayed by actor Mitch Hewer.
Maxxie is portrayed as proficient at several styles of dance, including tap dance. He is also shown as being a brilliant artist, seductive, well-liked and well-adjusted. He is hinted to having many promiscuous relationships throughout the series. He is somewhat of a comedian, particularly with best friends Anwar Kharral and Chris Miles. According to a Myspace-style "about me" section on the Skins website, he describes his favorite 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.
Like Anwar, Maxxie does not have an episode name to himself, instead being the centric character in "Maxxie & Anwar" and "Tony & Maxxie", although the episode "Sketch" greatly involves him, as it is about his stalker.
In "Tony", he convinces Anwar and Chris to join him on a "big gay night out", but eventually goes to 's party after the night out wasn't what was expected.
In "Maxxie and Anwar", on a school trip to Russia, Maxxie and his 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, Anwar dislikes gay people but at the same time has pre-marital sex, takes drugs and drinks alcohol. Eventually, Maxxie tries one more time to get Anwar to accept him, but Anwar reluctantly refuses, ending their friendship. Maxxie walks away with tears in his eyes. Tony Stonem tries repeatedly to seduce Maxxie to 'try something new' which Maxxie refuses because of Tony's girlfriend Michelle Richardson. After his fight with Anwar, he gets very drunk and in his distraught state gives into temptation with Tony for means of comfort – and informs Tony that he wasn't good. Unknown to them, Michelle has witnessed the entire thing.