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Why The Late Bill Paxton’s Son, James, Struggled with His Decision to Make a Cameo in ‘Twisters’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Twisters hits theaters this weekend, the follow up to the
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Speaker 2: nineteen ninety six action thriller Twister, starting Bill Paxson, who
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Speaker 2: sadly passed away in twenty seventeen, and while Bill couldn't
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Speaker 2: be back to reprise his role, his son James, actually
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Speaker 2: is featured in the sequel in a cameo, and James's
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Speaker 2: decision to appear in the project wasn't one he came
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Speaker 2: to immediately. He tells ew it took me a little
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Speaker 2: bit of time to process it, just given the context
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Speaker 2: of my dad and his significance in the original and
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Speaker 2: him not being here. It's an emotional thing. I wanted
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Speaker 2: to be a conduit for his spirit there and cheer
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Speaker 2: everyone in this production on his success because I knew
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Speaker 2: he would be I wanted to do something that really
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Speaker 2: honors his presence in this new chapter, and so it
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Speaker 2: ended up feeling like the right thing to do, to
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Speaker 2: be representative of Dad.
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Speaker 3: There. Twisters. It is in theaters now.
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