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‘Twisters’ Director Lee Isaac Chung on How ‘Frankenstein’ Inspired the Final Tornado, Kate’s Hero Journey and Debates About That Kiss Scene

'Twisters' director Lee Issac Chung discusses the disaster movie's ending including the 'Frankenstein'-inspired final tornado and why he cut the kiss.

She barely survives the mission – with Tyler and Javi’s (Anthony Ramos as Kate’s college friend, who makes up the other leg of the sort-of love triangle) slo-mo run underlining just how harrowing the whole ordeal was. The 14-minute-long sequence introduces Kate, Javi and their college chasing team as they attempt a scientific experiment that will “tame” a tornado, but it all goes horrifically wrong when “T1” turns out to be an EF-5, the highest rating on the Fujita scale. Dexter (Tunde Adebimpe), left, Lily (Sasha Lane), Ben (Harry Hadden-Paton), Boone (Brandon Perea), Dani (Katy O’Brian), Javi (Anthony Ramos), Tyler (Glen Powell) and Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) in “Twisters.” Melinda Sue Gordon

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