Twisters Is Gearing Up To Beat The Original Movie In One Key Way On Opening Weekend
Summary
Lee Isaac Chung explains why oneTwistersscene caused disagreement among the editing team. Chung is the director ofTwisters, the standalone sequel to the1996 filmTwister, which was released on July 19. The plot focuses on the journey of a woman named Kate who returns to her home state of Oklahoma to reenter her former life as a storm chaser to help save lives in Tornado Alley. The film features a leading cast including Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Harry Hadden-Paton, and Sasha Lane.
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Speaking withCollider, Chung explains how one almost-cutTwistersscene was kept in after strong encouragement from the team. According to the director, this scene was the moment in which Powell walks outside in the rain wearing a white shirt. Chung contemplated making the scene shorter, but members of the creative team urged him not to for one big reason. Check out the full explanation from Chung below:
I was thinking about how rain makes things poetic, and my costume person, Eunice [Jera Lee], was like, “This is what he’s gonna wear.” We turned on the rain and I thought, “This is gonna be a nice expressive moment,” and he comes out, and then I was like, “Oh, of course.” I was not putting two and two together until it happened, and I was seeing it on the monitor. I turned to Ashley Jay Sandberg, who’s our executive producer, and she had this smile on her face, and I just said, “You’re welcome.” [Laughs]
The funny thing is I was trying to cut down the film a bit in the edit to bring down the running time, and I entertained us cutting that scene shorter. For aday, that scene was shorter, and then Teri said to me, “Sorry, there’s gonna be a riot if you do not restore that footage.” And I said, “From who?” And she said, “The ladies.” That’s all she said. [Laughs] So, I just know that in our editing office, they were all pressing on Teri to come tell me to restore the scene to what it was, so you’re welcome.
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Looking at Chung’s story, it is amusing to think how the director did not initially realize how that scene would be read. While the director felt that the use of rain would create an “expressive moment,” others who worked on the project clearly recognizedthe scene’s ability to turn Powell’s character into a heartthrob.The slick, handsome look of Tyler is important to the story as well, an element that is also highlighted in the rain scene, even if that was not Chung’s original intention.
Scenes like this help further establishPowell as the kind of actor who can fit into the Hollywood mold for A-list stars.Thirst trap scenes such as theTwistersrain sequence have been awarded to actors such as Chris Hemsworth and Henry Cavill, who are actors that fit the Hollywood beauty standard and can easily fit in as a romantic lead. While he began exhibiting this quality in work such asTop Gun: MaverickandAnyone But You,Twistersfurther solidifies his ability to be a Hollywood hunk.
Twistersis also helpful forPowell’s careerbecause of its box office success. At the time of writing,Twistershas already grossed over $120 million, far outpacing the initial predictions. At this rate,Twistersis likely to become the biggest blockbuster for Powell for a film wherein he plays the lead. His previous career high wasAnyone But You, which grossed $220.1 million worldwide. WithTwistersheating up worldwide, Powell is set off on a promising path as he continues on in his Hollywood career.
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Cast
A follow-up to the 1996 original film Twister, Twisters is a sequel set years after the original, said to be fast-tracked by Steven Spielberg and Mark L. Smith, with Frank Marshal as producer. Little details exist about the film, but Helen Hunt is expected to reprise her role as Jo, with the film likely to pay homage to the late Bill Paxton.
