{"id":55057,"date":"2024-07-20T11:12:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T09:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2075431"},"modified":"2024-07-21T05:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T03:01:23","slug":"twisters-director-says-the-film-does-have-a-flying-cow-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/twisters-director-says-the-film-does-have-a-flying-cow-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisters director says the film does have a flying cow \u2013 sort of"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moo saw that coming? <\/p>

By George White\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 20 July 2024 at 09:12 AM<\/p>

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It\u2019s been the question on everyone\u2019s lips since it was announced that Twister, the 1996 thriller following two storm chasers, was getting a sequel: will there be a flying cow?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The image of the udderly helpless farmyard animal being swept up by a tornado was arguably <\/span>the <\/span><\/i>shot of the cult hit, so it\u2019s no surprise that viewers were keeping a keen eye on the skies throughout the runtime of Twisters<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, while it wasn\u2019t director Lee Isaac Chung<\/a>\u2019s plan to include a nod to that fan-favourite moment, the filmmaker has revealed that there is a flying cow after all (sort of) \u2013 much to his surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Chung explained that towards the end of the movie, a piece of debris with a cow plastered on the side gets caught up in the storm, which his VFX team sneaked in without him knowing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the hardest thing to spot,\u201d explained Chung. \u201cI only spotted it because I noticed some weird marking on a piece of flying debris.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Could you freeze that frame?\u2019 I was looking at frame-by-frame shots when we\u2019re doing VFX reviews, and sure enough, there was a cow on that thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Glen\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Maura Tierney in Twisters.<\/span><\/figcaption> WB<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

So, perhaps not <\/span>quite <\/span><\/i>as iconic as the moment in the original, then \u2013 but an easier one for animal rights fans to swallow, at least.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Chung has spoken about the challenges of \u201cstupidly\u201d filming in tornado season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He said<\/a>: \u201cI had this great idea, \u2018Let\u2019s film during tornado season, because I want good skies.\u2019 That\u2019s what I said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then when we\u2019re filming, we were getting shut down\u2026 maybe every three days or so, something would shut us down. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we\u2019d be filming half days as a result of storms just coming through, destroying our sets sometimes. So that was a huge challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a risk that has seemingly paid off, though, as Twisters has opened to impressive box office numbers<\/a> and was praised for its \u201cpopcorn pleasures and star power\u201d in RadioTimes.com<\/strong>\u2019s review<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Twisters is now showing in cinemas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out more of our\u00a0Film<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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