However, there’s more to the storm-chaser turned-weatherman than meets the eye.

Despite Jo’s warning, Billy ran straight to the twister and threw the Jack Daniels bottle at it.

His extreme behavior in the face of danger and lack of fear earned him the nickname.

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A blended image of Bill Paxton in Twister with a tornado background and red Xs behind him

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.

Bill Paxton’s Dr. Bill Harding in Twister with the Dorothy Device

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