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STORMY WEATHER By James D. Wilcox T erilyn Shropshire, AC knew all E , along that "Twisters" was about more than just tornadoes. " T h i s f i l m w a s d e f i n i t e l y a c h a l - lenge," the veteran editor said about last s u m m e r 's h i t a b o u t s to r m c h a s e r s i n America's heartland. "I knew there would HOW TERILYN SHROPSHIRE HELPED PUT 'TWISTERS' ON THE RIGHT PATH be an expectation for it to move at a certain pace, but I also understood that to truly tell the story … we needed to invest in char- acter development." Indeed, since the start of her career in the early 1990s, Shropshire has been acclaimed for her narrative prowess. She h a s wo r ke d ex te n s i ve l y w i t h d i re c to r SHROPSHIRE: "This film was definitely a challenge," she says of "Twisters." P H OT O : M A R K E D WA R D S Gina Prince-Bythewood on pictures such as "Love & Basketball," "The Secret Life of Bees," and the 2020 Netflix hit "The Old Guard." With "Twisters," which last summer roared across cinema screens (literally, in the case of the film's climactic scene in which a monster tornado demolishes a 40 C I N E M O N T A G E F E A T U R E