Daisy Edgar-Jones is starring in one of the biggest movies of the summer, “Twisters.”

The British actor, 26, appears in the next chapter of the “Twister” franchise; the 1996 original starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.

It was only four short years ago that Edgar-Jones had her breakout role in the 2020 Hulu series “Normal People.”

Since then, she’s starred in two films: “Fresh” and “Where the Crawdads Sing.” She also continued her television work in the limited series “Under the Banner of Heaven.”

With “Twisters” now in theaters, Edgar-Jones is starring in her biggest project to date.

This interview with Edgar-Jones has been edited for clarity and length.

Q: What are you most excited for people to take from the film?

A: I think it’s just so much fun. I think it’s quite an adventure and wild ride. I’m excited for people to go and just have a great cinema experience. It’s a film you need to see on the big screen and something you can share with people. Just excited for people to have that experience.

Q: I feel like the original 1996 “Twister” was huge for us here in Texas. I’m curious about what your personal history is to that movie.

A: Well, it came out before I was born (laughs). I remember watching it when I was really young, but then I rewatched it around the time I heard that (Lee) Isaac (Chung) was going to do “Twisters.” I mean, it’s just so much fun. It’s a classic for a reason. It’s such a great film with such brilliant actors. Yeah, I loved it.

Q: I feel like in that late ’90s period, “Twister” and “Independence Day” helped refuel the disaster movie subgenre. Is this subgenre of film something you respond to?

A: Well, really, I think as an actor, my hope is to try everything. “Twisters” is so different from anything I’ve done. I love the disaster genre. Like you said, what I like about this film is that’s also very human. There are stories of friendship, how we persevere and community. There’s so much about it that just intrigued me and felt like a challenge I hadn’t done before.

Q: I don’t want to get into spoilers, but I love Kate’s journey in the film. Whenever this project came about, and you read the script, what resonated most with you about the character?

A: I’m so glad you saw that in it. I mean, she has such an interesting arc. She definitely has a more difficult relationship with chasing than the others. She loved it at one point, and still does, and has this passion and reverence but is also very fearful. Like scared of what it can do. Her arc and the story I thought was just so cool. Also because Isaac is so good at exploring characters in his other films. I really was excited to see him tackle that.

Q: You mentioned Lee Isaac Chung, whose first movie, “Minari,” came out a couple of years ago and was great. How was it working with him?

A: Well, he was kind of the main reason I wanted to do it really. Because I loved “Minari” as well. I also thought it was so remarkable him tackling “Twisters” and why he chose to do it. I mean, he grew up in Arkansas and has a big love of (Steven) Spielberg. He loves those kind of like epic disaster movies. His enthusiasm and excitement around it was so infectious that it made me want to be involved even more.

Q: First Chung was attached, then yourself, then Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos. What was it like being on set with this great group of actors?

A: I think in the original, one of the things that’s so brilliant is that it’s so many young brilliant actors in some of their first films, like Philip Seymour Hoffman. It’s so cool to see, and this cast is similar in having absolutely amazing talent. Everybody in it is so brilliant. All the kind of oddball characters that you meet are so well carved and considered and just brilliant performers. It’s so cool to just be in an ensemble cast. I love actors, I love watching them work. It was so much fun every day to be on set with everyone. I felt very lucky.

Q: Some of the characters have such strong personas. In preparation for the role, did you speak with any storm chasers or meteorologists?

A: We had a bunch of them, storm chasers, consulting on our film. A lot of them are background actors as well. I actually became friends with some of them and we recently went chasing with them. There was a guy named Sean who was one of our main consultants. He texted us like a couple months ago saying “Oh, there’s a supercell. Come and see it.” So me, Glen and Brandon (Perea) went chasing. We didn’t see anything, but it was still cool. They were very helpful, especially with any technical weather jargon, of which there was a lot. It was helpful whenever they could come in and help us with it.

Q: Filming during tornado season, did that bring its own challenges?

A: Yeah, a lot. Which was so ironic. We’d have to stop filming to then re-create the weather that we had to stop filming for. Which was strange. But, no, filming in Oklahoma was so amazing because you really were immersed in that place. But also, it did pose some challenges for sure with the weather.

Q: I wanted to ask you about this handshake that you and Anthony Ramos’ character do in the movie. Was that something that y’all made up? Or did that come from the director?

A: I think it was Isaac that suggested it. But me and Anthony were like, “Let’s do it.” Anthony had something I think a bit more elaborate. And I was like, “Let’s do something small.” But it was cool. I like that the tornado wranglers have their own. It’s like we’ve all got our own little thing.

Q: After making “Twisters,” do you look at weather differently?

A: Yeah, I mean one of the parts of the job I like so much is that you do get to learn a lot about a subject you might not otherwise explore. In the U.K., it’s comical how interested in weather we are, considering how unextreme our weather is. I mean, it’s just gray and then a bit more gray or gray in different shades. I’ve definitely become really interested in it. Having gone chasing a couple months ago, I want to go chasing again. I would love to see a tornado from a very safe distance.