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Charlie Hunnam Explains Why He Didn't Do 'Pacific Rim 2'

Charlie Hunnam Explains Why He Didn't Do 'Pacific Rim 2'

Charlie Hunnam explained why he decided not to do the second Pacific Rim movie after starring in the 2013 first movie.

In a new interview, he was asked if he was ever going to participate before Guillermo del Toro exited the project.

Charlie told Collider, “Yeah. A lot of time went by between us doing [the sequel]. Certainly, when Guillermo was talking about it, then yeah, definitely, I was a part of that conversation and I think that his vision for it included me. But by the time they circled around and decided that they were gonna make it with a different director, we had a conversation about it but I was booked up. There were business elements of it that required them to go into production very quickly.”

Charlie added, “Legendary had just been acquired by Wanda out of China, and they wanted that film made very quickly and I wasn’t available. That’s just what happens. I didn’t deeply lament it. I’d been working in long-form storytelling for a while and we’d already done one Pacific Rim, so I felt like, “Go with God. Go do your thing.” I actually haven’t seen the sequel, so I didn’t ever give myself an opportunity to really think about whether I regret that decision or not.”

Charlie also revealed why he quit this hit film.

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