While Hunnam and Elba won’t be back, Kikuchi is set to return for Pacific Rim: Uprising along with Charlie Day and Burn Gorman, who played Drs.
Now, Day offers his thoughts on the new cast and director brought in to continue the story of Pacific Rim.
The first Pacific Rim followed Kaiju-battling Jaeger pilots Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam) and Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi) as well as their commanding officer Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba).
Del Toro returns as a producer on Pacific Rim: Uprising, but former Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight has taken on directing duties.