A red-carpet premiere of the new "Twisters" movie was held in downtown Oklahoma City on Monday night. | MORE | 'Twisters' stars hit the red carpet for new film's OKC premiereCast members and the director made appearances ahead of the film's debut, along with weather experts and scientists. "In Arkansas, where I grew up, we watched 'Twister' quite a lot as well, and I have the same affinity and love for that film, and I just tried to inject some of that love into this one," said Lee Isaac Chung, the director of "Twisters."Knowing he had to make the film count, Chung told KOCO 5 that the new "Twisters" movie will pay respect to the original. Oklahoma's weather had a role, too, playing the part of itself. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here."A lot of lightning delays and even incoming storms that would come through and destroy our sets that we’d have to build back and then destroy again," Chung said. While the weather helped set the scene, lots of experts were brought in to make the movie as realistic as possible. "A lot of this was filmed in clear air, so they had to pretend there was a cloud up there, and then we had to describe what the cloud is that they're looking at and what the scene is and what the radar is," said Kevin Kelleher, a tornado consultant for the National Severe Storms Lab. "Connecting all those pieces with situational awareness was a fun challenge.”Scientists have learned a ton about tornadoes for decades, but Kelleher said there is still the mystery of how crazy circulation happens at ground level, something that is part of the film. "When you see the movie, some of that came into play, about how can we make the movie look like what we’re really trying to do, which is get a very high-resolution picture of the winds, mechanisms and forces near and around the surface," Kelleher said. While the "Twisters" film will show a lot of truth about real storm chasing, it is still a Hollywood production. "We tried to make the science and the technology around the plot as realistic as possible, but ultimately, there’s a Hollywood storyline here," Kelleher said. >> Download the KOCO 5 appThe movie debuts in theaters on Friday. "We got some amazing skies on some days, and hopefully, Oklahomans will see it and be proud of what we did," Chung said. Top Headlines 'Can happen in any neighborhood': Neighbors near home where teenager was shot speak out Amazon Prime Day is live. Here are the best deals we're seeing so far on Day 1 21-year-old female Enid racecar driver makes history and breaks barriers in several ways Get the Facts: Verifying claims made about security at Trump rally Police search for answers after shooting at northwest OKC sleepover leaves 13-year-old girl dead