Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung has shed some light over the film’s connection to the original 1996 disaster film Twister . Starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones , Twisters is an entirely new story set in the same universe as its predecessor. Going into the sequel, fans had speculated that some of the characters from the original film would make cameo appearances – with some theorising that Edgar-Jones’s character would be the daughter of Helen Hunt’s Twister character, Jo Harding .
However, midway through the film, we are introduced to Edgar-Jones’s mother, who is played in the film by Newsradio ’s Maura Tierney. The character has no link to anyone previously established in the world of Twister . Speaking to The Wrap , Chung explained the lack of crossover between the two films, and offered his take on the whereabouts of Hunt’s character during the events of Twisters .
“I just felt like that is not what I want to see Jo Harding doing years from now,” Chung said. “Right after seeing that first film, I imagined, ‘What is Jo Harding up to now?’ “She’s out there chasing storm[s], not at the farm complaining that her daughter’s not calling her. And so that was really the basis of why, ‘OK , it’s got to be someone else.
’” Chung previously revealed that he did not consult with Hunt or Jan de Bont, the director of the original, before embarking on the sequel. “I don’t know what [Hunt’s] version was, and unfortunately, I have not bee.