‘Twisters’: Glen Powell and Lee Isaac Chung Break Down That ‘Impressionistic’ Wet T-Shirt Scene
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Glen Powell wasn’t supposed to be showing off his body in “Twisters,” but then came the rain, as director Lee Isaac Chung decided at the last minute that Powell should be seen in the natural disaster movie in a wet white T-shirt. “That was Isaac’s idea,” Powell told me Thursday at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “I did have a jacket in that scene.
He said, ‘I think we’re going to toss the jacket out.’ I was like, ‘Cool.’ And he goes, ‘Also, there’s going to be a rain machine.’ I was like, ‘OK.’ But then I was like, ‘Wait a minute.’” The hunky moment in the movie — a sequel to the classic tornado disaster action thriller “Twister” — was met with applause and cheers during the premiere screening.
Powell insists he didn’t do any extra push-ups before shooting the shot. “Not enough,” he said, laughing. Isaac recalled, “I thought it would be impressionistic.
When we started rolling then I realized, ‘Oh, this is what I’ve done.’ And everybody’s telling me to keep rolling. I aim to please.” But not everything was body, body, body on set.
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