Beside him intheTwistercastwas Helen Hunt, who played Jo.

Twisterwas the second highest-grossing movie of 1996, earning over $495 million against an $8892 million budget.

Despite its success, ittook almost 20 years before aTwistersequel was made.

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Paxton explained:

“I’ve been promoting a sequel to Twister right now … Its track was 219 miles wide, the longest ever recorded.

Their partnership began when Paxton had a minor role in Cameron’s 1984 sci-fi filmThe Terminator.

Bill Paxton as Bill Harding in Twister.

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Bill Paxton and James Cameron

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.

Allan Sanders (Sean Whalen) and Dr. Melissa Reeves (Jami Gertz) in Twister

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