Guillermo del Toro Trivia

Guillermo del Toro Trivia

• Lost 45 lbs. while directing Pan's Labyrinth.
• Turned down the chance to direct Blade: Trinity, AVP and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to direct Hellboy.
• Considers Mimic to be his worst film, as a result of interference from producers.
• Has a photographic memory.
• Turned down the chance to direct End of Days.
• He had to buy an extra home to house his massive movie and comic book collection.
• He became a vegetarian for 4 years after seeing The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
• Bladerunner is his favorite movie.
• He likes to use amber as a dominant color in his movies.
• In 1997 his father was kidnapped in Mexico and held for seventy-two days until his ransom was paid.