Haven’t had enough Glen Powell yet? Well don’t fear, the “Anyone but You” and “Hit Man” star shall be back on the big screen soon enough with “Minari” director Lee Isaac Chung’s “Twisters.” Coming to theaters July 19, “Twisters” is a sequel to the 1996 catastrophe film and field workplace bonanza “Twister,” however contains a new, younger forged headed by Powell and together with Daisy Edgar-Jones, Brandon Perea, and Anthony Ramos. To tease the upcoming blockbuster, all 4 actors sat down with Fandango to debate the making of the movie and the extent of authenticity sought by practical effects.
“There’s a sequence in the movie that I think is going to be one of the most incredible action sequences of all time,” Powell stated. “It all happens in a oner and I think that we shot that in December with a rain machine. One of the coldest nights I’ve ever experienced, getting dragged across a pool by a wire.”
Trying to seize the expertise of getting pulled right into a twister could also be one thing most would save for CGI, however Chung and his group had been decided to make the motion as actual as potential. In recalling the taking pictures course of, Powell stated, “This was maybe the most physical thing that I’ve ever done where you’re truly like, you’re talking about humans getting sucked up into a tornado, but you’re recreating what it’s like to be getting hit by debris and all that stuff so you’re watching real stunt men getting sucked up into the sky and you’re watching trucks move across and you’re jumping into a pool and you’re getting dragged and it’s like it’s a fully physical experience.”
But even with all of the bodily parts at play, Powell and the remainder of the corporate nonetheless needed to discover a option to carry out every time “Action!” was referred to as.
“The investment as an actor that you have to have is like it can’t be delicate, it can’t look tender,” Powell stated to Fandango. “Tornadoes aren’t tender and you have to put your body on the line in order to sell that experience so I think like the cool part about this cast is that everybody is that invested. Everybody’s willing to put their body on the line to do things that sell the movie, you know, sell the experience.”
“Twisters” premieres in theaters July 19.
