Why Cameron From Ferris Bueller's Day Off Looks So Familiar

Two years after the debut of "Speed," Alan Ruck teamed up with Jan de Bont yet again for another high-octane thriller. This time, however, de Bont swapped out the streets of Los Angeles, California, for a Middle America disaster flick with the debut of "Twister." The film follows a team of tornado chasers as they track a massive storm making its way through Oklahoma, and they attempt to conduct experiments on it so they can enhance the early warning system. In the film, Ruck portrays Robert "Rabbit" Nurick, a navigator working for Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) and Bill Harding (Bill Paxton).

"Twister" was a major hit upon its release in 1996. In fact, it was the second-highest-grossing movie (per Box Office Mojo) of its year — beating out all contenders except for Roland Emmerich's "Independence Day." In 2020, a reboot was announced to be in development (per Deadline) with "Top Gun: Maverick" filmmaker Joseph Kosinski considered for directing duties.