Charlie Day Talks Disappointment with 'Pacific Rim 2,' Gives Praise to Guillermo Del Toro
justjared.comCharlie Day starred in the original Pacific Rim movie in 2013 and he reprised his role for the sequel Pacific Rim Uprising.
Now, the 46-year-old actor is discussing why he was “disappointed” while heading into production on the sequel. Click inside to find out what he said… Charlie was upset after learning that the first film’s director Guillermo del Toro had to drop out of the second movie. “Guillermo wanted to do it for the longest time, and I don’t want to put any words in Guillermo’s mouth … I shouldn’t be drumming up press about it; he can make his own press.
But I was disappointed when he dropped out of the film, and it was completely rewritten from what he had originally intended,” Charlie told THR.
He continued, “But I also love and respect Guillermo so much that I wanted to stay involved in the project because I thought, ‘Well, if he ever wants to come back and do the third one, I don’t want them to kill me off.’ So that was my primary motivation.” “Guillermo had given me this opportunity in the first place, and he created the character.
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