FilmTwistersIn theaters July 19In a whirlwind two years, Glen Powell—who was born and raised in Austin—has appeared in Top Gun: Maverick, the rom-com Anyone But You, and Hit Man, a Netflix film directed by fellow Texan Richard Linklater that’s loosely based on a Texas Monthly story. Now he’s at the swirling center of what may be this summer’s biggest blockbuster, a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 megahit Twister, which starred Helen Hunt and the late, great Fort Worthian Bill Paxton. In Twisters, Powell plays Tyler Owens, a blowhard social media personality who chases storms (and clout) while sporting a cowboy hat as the self-described “Tornado Wrangler.” While filming his atmospheric adventures, Owens crosses paths with Big Apple–based meteorologist Kate Cooper, played by Daisy Edgar-Jones, who…
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