Daisy Edgar-Jones says Twisters left her slightly deaf in one ear
Daisy Edgar-Jones thinks she is still slightly deaf in her left ear after filming Twisters.
The actor described the effect during an appearance on Jake Shane's Therapuss podcast, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter on 16 October 2026. She said wind and debris kept reaching her from a sharp left during the shoot. That repeated blast, she said, left her hearing dulled on that side. She put it simply. She thinks she is still slightly deaf there.
It was a windy shoot in every sense. Edgar-Jones said filming in Oklahoma was often shut down because of a real wind storm. Then the company returned to the set to recreate a wind storm for the camera. The stop-start pattern meant long days spent working in difficult air, with dust and forceful gusts around the cast.
Twisters was directed by Lee Isaac Chung. It is a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister, meaning a new story set in the same world rather than a direct continuation. Viewers did not need to know the earlier film to follow the new characters.
Edgar-Jones played Kate Carter, a retired tornado chaser and meteorologist who returns to Oklahoma. A meteorologist studies the atmosphere and forecasts the weather, and Kate is drawn back to study storm behaviour up close. Glen Powell played Tyler Owens, a content creator who posts his storm-chasing adventures online. The two characters come at the same dangerous weather from very different starting points.
The film was backed by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, according to The Hollywood Reporter. For Edgar-Jones, the lead role was a step up in scale. It was her first studio tentpole, industry shorthand for a big-budget release organised to support much of a studio's slate, as reported by Deadline when she was cast in March 2023.
She has spoken about the physical strain before. In July 2024 she said filming had left her ears ringing because of the force of the on-set wind, according to Virgin Radio. That earlier account centred on the immediate noise and pressure of the wind effects. Her latest remark suggests she feels an effect has lingered.
What makes this stand out is how closely the shoot mirrored the story. The plot follows people who drive toward tornadoes. The cast spent weeks in Oklahoma standing in manufactured weather, while real weather stopped play.
