Like Jo, Kates losses take her right into the eye of the storm intheTwistersending.
For these reasons, its easy to think of them as the same character.
Accordingly, their romantic interests come to play a key role in helping the female leads overcome their losses.
InTwisters opening sequence, a young Jo is taken to an underground refugee by her father and mother.
Unfortunately, her father dies after being sucked by a tornado while Jo and her mom hold onto safety.
WhileJo becomes dangerously obsessed with tornadoes, Kate wishes never to face themagain.
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As the protagonists cope with loss in unique ways,Twisterand its sequel present different healing journeys.
Isaac Chung puts romance in second place, even cutting theTwisters kiss scene.
Kate and Jos unique approach to trauma makes sense considering the specifics of the events.
A follow-up to the 1996 original film Twister, Twisters is a sequel set years after the original, said to be fast-tracked by Steven Spielberg and Mark L. Smith, with Frank Marshal as producer. Little details exist about the film, but Helen Hunt is expected to reprise her role as Jo, with the film likely to pay homage to the late Bill Paxton.
While one was merely a girl when her father died, the other was an adult.
