Twister
Summary
The 1996 disaster filmTwisterfeatured an iconic lead cast . The action moving picture adopt the storey of two almost - divorced storm chaser who are attempt to track down exceedingly fierce tornadoes . Though it has a fairly sappy and over - the - top premiss , Twisterhas remained one of the‘90s classic action moviesto this day .
Twisterbecame such a cult classic that it inspired the upcomingsequel filmTwisters . Set for release on July 19,Twistersups the stakes of the originalTwisterfilm by add together tornadoes that are bigger and more baleful than ever . Twistersfeatures a leading cast including Daisy Edgar - Jones , Glen Powell , Anthony Ramos , Brandon Perea , Maura Tierney , Harry Hadden - Paton , Sasha Lane , and Katy O’Brian . As the continuation prepare for waiver , it is fascinating to calculate back on the originalTwisterteam and where they are now .
Twisters is dress to surpass the 1996 classic in terms of graduated table and action elements that could make it the must - see movie event of the summertime .
Actor
Character
Helen Hunt
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Dr. Jo Harding
Bill Paxton
Bill Harding
In Twister, Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes. Jo’s childhood was stricken by the trauma of losing her father to a deadly F5 tornado, setting her on the path of a storm chaser. Having developed a new technology with her team named “Dorothy,” Jo seeks to make Tornadoes more predictable to give people a chance to make it to safety. Jo’s obsession created a rift between her husband, but new breakthroughs may bring them back together as the two pursue their greatest challenge yet - an incoming system that will produce yet another F5.
Cary Elwes
Dr. Jonas Miller
Jami Gertz
Dr. Melissa Reeves
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Dustin Davis
Lois Smith
Meg Greene
Alan Ruck
Robert " Rabbit " Nurick
Jeremy Davies
Brian Laurence
Helen Hunt As Dr. Jo Harding
Date Of Birth: June 15, 1963
doer : Helen Hunt played the female lead part of Dr. Jo Harding inTwister , who is a meteorologist who becomes obsessed with tracking down crack . Paired up with her estranged husband , Bill , with whom she is on the precipice of divorce , it is arduous to say whether it ’s her crumbling spousal relationship or the revulsion of twister - bring on destruction that pestilence Jo most throughout the film . It is Hunt ’s performance that groundsTwisterin some soma of emotion , and the film stands out as one of the actor ’s most iconic roles .
Notable Movies & TV appearance : The year afterTwister , Hunt pass on to play Carol Connelly inAs Good As It Gets , for which she gain ground an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1998 . Hunt was by and by nominated for another Oscar forThe Sessionsin 2012 . Hunt is still working as an actress today , with her most late work including a few episodes ofHacksas well as episodes of the showBlindspotting .
Movie / TV Show
Year
office
As Good as It Gets
1997
Carol Connelly
Cast off
2000
Kelly Frears
What adult female need
Darcy Maguire
Bill Paxton As Bill Harding
Date of Birth: May 17, 1955
thespian : Playing opposite Hunt , Bill Paxton stepped in to meet Jo ’s alienated hubby , Bill . Like Jo , Bill is fascinated with storm chasing , and in fact is a telly weatherman himself . come in to Oklahoma , he make for with him both meteorological knowledge and a host of drama as he work his new fiance with him while he returns to Jo ’s farm to serve her divorce papers . As Jo chase the tempest , Paxton ’s Bill takes Melissa in towage to chase after him .
Notable Movies & TV Shows : Paxton tragically legislate away from a strokeat the age of 61 on February 25 , 2017 . In addition toTwister , Paxton will be think back for his rolesAliens , Frailty , andApollo 13 . Paxton ’s final on - screen roles came in 2017’sThe Circleas well as the TV seriesTraining Day . Training Dayonly had one time of year , as it was a Paxton - led serial that was intend to have the late actor in the independent role .
Titanic
Brock Lovett
Frailty
2001
Dad Meiks
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
2014
John Garrett
Cary Elwes As Dr. Jonas Miller
Date of Birth: October 26, 1962
histrion : Bill and Jo are not the only avid storm chaser in the Oklahoma area . Elwes step in to wager Dr. Jonas Miller , who is a rival storm chaser who is also trying to track down rowdy twister . It is Jonas who attempts to slip the violent storm - warning system that Bill and Jo have name “ Dorothy ” in honour ofWizard of Oz . While Melissa ’s purpose serves to heat up the interpersonal drama inTwister , Dr. Miller creates much more of a professional tension as he lay claim possession over a pattern he did n’t create .
Notable Movie & TV function : By the metre he was inTwister , Elwes was better known for playing the swoon - desirable princeWestley in the 1987 classicThe Princess Bride . He also play the lead inRobin Hood : Men in Tights , and has gone on to be in plastic film such asSaw . Though he is less of a menage name today than he was in the ‘ 80s and ‘ 90s , Elwes is still do , with his recent oeuvre includingKnuckles , bothRebel Moonfilms , Sweetwater , andBlackBerry .
The X - file
Brad Follmer
Saw
2004
Dr. Lawrence Gibson
BlackBerry
2023
Carl Yankowski
Jami Gertz As Dr. Melissa Reeves
Date Of Birth: October 28, 1965
player : Played by Jami Gertz , Melissa is the fiancé of Paxton ’s Bill Harding . Like Jo , she is well - educated , but her professing is starkly different from that of the original Harding duet , as she is a therapist . Despite her suppose calm - inducing theatre , Melissa ends up whipping up job on the Oklahoma farm as she causes tension with the former Harding span as the married woman - to - be of Bill . Despite her distance from the field , Melissa still gets quickly twine up in the wind of storm - chasing chaos .
Notable Movies & TV Shows : Twisterremains Gertz ’s most notable character to date . Prior to this moving-picture show , she acted in ‘ fourscore classic such asThe Lost BoysandSixteen Candles . Now 58 age old , Gertz seems to have largely retired from acting , as the pace at which she has been taking on use has been significantly slowed . Since 2010 , she has only had a fistful of parts , including five episodes ofEntourage , an installment ofModern Family , an installment ofThis Is Us , and a role in the 2022 Prime Video filmI require You Back .
Still Standing
2002 - 2006
Judy Miller
suite
2009 - 2010
Marlo Klein
The neighbor
2012 - 2014
Debbie Weaver
Philip Seymour Hoffman As Dustin Davis
Date Of Birth: July 23, 1967
worker : Referred to as “ Dusty , ” Dustin Davis is a recurring character inTwister . Like many of the lede , Dusty is becharm with crack cocaine and will do anything to help chase them down and also to help the residents of Wakita . In what was Phillip Seymor Hoffman ’s typical manner , Dusty is a scene stealer , alluring audiences with his sympathetic and goofy personality .
Notable Movies & TV display : Hoffman tragically extend away from a drug overdose in 2014,a few years before co - starring Paxton buy the farm . Hoffmann had struggled with drug addiction in his vernal adult old age and had been sober for an extended time before relapsing in 2012 and finally go away . After his decease , Hoffman ’s career and best moviesare still discern as the most prolific of his earned run average . He succeed an Oscar in 2006 for his starring function inCapote , and was nominated three more times — forCharlie Wilson ’s War , Doubt , andThe Master .
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
Freddie Mile
Magnolia
Phil Parma
Capote
2005
Truman Capote
Lois Smith As Meg Greene
Date Of Birth: November 30, 1930
Actor : Also known as Aunt Meg , Smith plays protagonist Jo ’s aunt inTwister . She is involved in somewhat meddling in Bill and Jo ’s relationship , as she heavily implies that the pair still have feelings for each other . She is also closely a victim of a major tornado , as a storm point towards Wakita finally flatten her house , and she is just scarce saved by Bill , Jo , and their team .
Notable Movies & TV Shows : Born in 1930 , Smith has now been in the acting byplay for over six decades . In addition toTwister , her noted work includes function inMinority ReportandLady Bird . Now93 year sometime , Smith is still acting , with her most late work including three episodes ofLaw & Order : Organized Crimeand the filmThe Uninvited . In 2025 , Smith is also put to asterisk in the filmThe Gettysburg Address , an upcoming biographical drama .
Minority Report
2002
Dr. Iris Hineman
on-key Blood
2008 - 2014
Adele Stackhouse
The French Dispatch
2021
Upshur Campette
Alan Ruck As Robert “Rabbit” Nurick
Date of Birth: July 1, 1956
Actor : Alan Ruck steps in to dally Robert Nurick , the Harding ’s navigator , who is well known as " Rabbit . " He is another tornado - obsess soul , as he is a storm chaser in the area of Oklahoma . He helps Jo and Bill with stress to deploy their " Dorothy " technology to cut through storms .
Notable Movies & TV Shows : performing since he was a adolescent , Ruck has been in the business for year at this gunpoint . He is perhaps best known for playing thesidekick case Cameron Frye inFerris Bueller ’s Day Offwhen he was 20 years old . He is also have intercourse for his work inSpeedandStar Trek : coevals , and most late , for playing Connor Roy in the hit HBO seriesSuccession .
Ferris Bueller ’s Day Off
1986
Cameron Frye
Speed
1994
Stephens
Succession
2018 - 2023
Connor Roy
Jeremy Davies As Brian Laurence
Date of Birth: October 28, 1969
histrion : Like Ruck , Jeremy Davies roleplay another tempest pursuer inTwister . Brian Laurence is a student at Muskogee State College in Oklahoma . He assists the team in running Dorothy , and is seen when Bill first come in Wakita with Melissa .
Notable Movies & TV Shows : Born in 1969 , Davies has been acting for just over three decades . He drive his breakout character in 1998 , when he had a supporting role inSaving Private Ryan . Since then , he has appeared in a turn of other noted function , let in inSolaris , Secretary , and the television seriesLost .
save Private Ryan
1998
Corporal Upham
Solaris
Snow
Secretary
Peter
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Cast
In Twister , Bill and Jo Harding , advance tempest pursuer on the threshold of divorcement , must join together to create an advanced weather alert organization by couch themselves in the hybridization - fuzz of extremely red crack . Jo ’s puerility was stricken by the trauma of recede her beginner to a deadly F5 tornado , setting her on the path of a storm chaser . Having develop a new technology with her squad named " Dorothy , " Jo seek to make tornado more predictable to give people a prospect to make it to safe . Jo ’s obsession create a rift between her husband , but new breakthroughs may wreak them back together as the two pursue their sterling challenge yet - an incoming system that will produce yet another F5 .
