The late Bill Paxton‘s son, James Paxton, appears in the upcoming Twisters in a cameo role, something he said that he wanted to do to honor his father.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Paxton was asked what made him want to be in Twisters, and he recalled the process of auditioning for the movie and having to take some time to process being offered a role. In the end, though, Paxton said he just wanted to “be a conduit” for the spirit of his father, and honor his presence.
“I wanted to be a conduit for his spirit there and cheer everyone in this production on to success because I know he would be,” said Paxton. “I wanted to do something that really honors his presence in this new chapter and really do something for him. And I realized there’s a lot of amazing people involved in this that I would love to get to know. And so it ended up feeling like the right thing to do, to be representative of Dad there.”
Bill Paxton was one of the most popular actors of the 1980s-19902, where he starred in a number of high-profile projects, including Aliens, Tombstone, True Lies, Apollo 13, Twister, Titanic, and more. In 2017, Paxton passed away due to complications from a damaged aortic heart valve.
What is Twisters about?
“Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Carter, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City,” the synopsis for the movie reads. “She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Ramos) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler, Javi and their crews find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.”
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, Twisters releases in United States theaters on July 19, 2024, from Universal Pictures.
(Source: Entertainment Weekly)
