Guillermo Del Toro Scared To Go Back To Mexico; Wife's Cousin Has Been Missing For A Month

Guillermo del Toro’s decision to move to the United States wasn’t based solely on his career path. Del Toro’s father was kidnapped back in 1998, a situation that has stopped him from filming some of his projects in Aztec grounds. During a press conference to promote “Rudo y Cursi” (2008), a film he produced next to Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu, he elaborated on the reason why he has decided to stay away from his mother land.

“My personal problem is that I live in an involuntary exile since my father’s kidnapping in 1998, because not everyone who participated got captured. Coming back to México would make me vulnerable because I have a routine that is the same every day, an everything I do gets published, those people will know what time and when I’m getting picked up and where I’m going throughout the day. At the end of the kidnap [his father’s kidnap] we didn’t say goodbye with a kiss. There were treats from them that stop me from coming back,” said Del Toro at the press conference.

This week, the acclaimed filmmaker stopped by New York to promote his new movie “Crimson Peak” and he delivered bad news regarding wife Lorenza Newton’s cousin, “My wife’s cousin has been missing for a month. He just disappeared, there’s no information, we don’t know anything.”

According to Mexican publication Excelsior, Del Toro showed disappointment and frustration when he referred to Mexico’s current situation, and addressed the Government’s position regarding the level of insecurity that Mexican citizens have to live with on a daily basis, “It’s terrifying when something like this happens, of course. That is true, but to me, the biggest terror is that we have functionaries, politicians, and people that should be looking into finding an answer, and action, but no, they don’t do anything.”

During the 30th edition of “Festival de Guadalajara” earlier this year, the director shared he has a story named “Plata” that he would love to film in Mexico, as long as the situation gets better in the country.