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Posted: 2021-06-11T17:46:46Z | Updated: 2021-06-11T20:24:26Z

Helen Hunt marked the 25th anniversary of Twister by opening up about the sequel that never was.

Appearing on Watch What Happens Live this week, the actor revealed shed pitched an idea for a follow-up to the 1996 box office smash last year that would have featured a multiracial cast.

Her hopes for the project, which shed planned to co-write and direct, were dashed when an unnamed studio rejected it, she said.

I tried to get it made, the Mad About You star told host Andy Cohen. With Daveed [Diggs] and Rafael [Casal] and me writing it, and all Black and brown storm chasers, and they wouldnt do it. I was going to direct it.

An Oscar winner for 1997s As Good as it Gets, Hunt is set to return to television this weekend in the Starz series Blindspotting , written by Diggs and Casal.

She starred in the original Twister with Bill Paxton , who died in 2017. The film overcame mixed reviews to reportedly rake in $495 million at the box office worldwide.