“Sharknado 2: The Second One” isn’t just a sequel capitalizing on the surprise mainstream success of a 2013 SyFy Channel original movie, it’s a warning.
“You know, it actually can happen,” star Tara Reid told GQ. “I mean, the chances of it happening are very rare, but it can happen actually. Which is crazy.”
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Reid — most famous for her role in the “American Pie” franchise — compared the potential natural disaster scenario to a common idiom “when pigs fly,” which is used primarily to stress that something can’t actually happen.