Guillermo Del Toro Confirms Internet Rumor From 2013's PACIFIC RIM

Humor Movie Guillermo del Toro Pacific Rim My Neighbor Totoro about 6 years agoby Kristian Odland

There is no question that writer/director Guillermo Del Toro is adored by his fans and now we all have even more reason to admire the legendary filmmaker. Earlier this week, the director of The Shape Of Water confirmed something that allegedly happened on the set of his giant monster movie Pacific Rim.

Via Twitter, a fan asked Del Toro if he allowed one of his young cast members to address him "Totoro-san" similar to the cuddly anime forest spirit from the beloved Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro. Mana Ashida, who played the child version of Mako, had trouble pronouncing Del Toro’s name, so he gave her permission to call him that. The story has been floating around the internet for a while now, but Del Toro has officially confirmed it to be true.

@RealGDT is this true? I hope so because it's just lovely. pic.twitter.com/RO0k57vbQl
— Rich Evans (@iamrichevans) August 22, 2017

Kristian Odland

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