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Twister Director Reflects on Working with Late Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman: They Were 'Shapeshifters'


'Twister' Director Jan de Bont recalled that the late Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman each helped make the cast of the 1996 film 'feel as if they had worked together for a really long time'

Ahead of the premiere of its long-awaited sequel Twisters, de Bont shared some insight into the original film, including the energy that its stars Paxton and Seymour Hoffman — who died in 2017 and 2014, respectively — brought to the set. Fans are also gearing up to see its sequel film Twisters, starring Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos and Daisy Edgar-Jones as a new set of storm chasers. Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Maura Tierney, Kiernan Shipka, Sasha Lane, Superman star David Corenswet, Katy O'Brian, Nik Dodani, TV on the Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe and Harry Hadden-Paton also star in the sequel helmed by Oscar-nominated director Lee Isaac Chung.

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