Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu Helps Rinko Kikuchi Get PACIFIC RIM Role

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When Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi heard Guillermo del Toro was looking for a Japanese actor to fill the role of a Jaegar pilot in the monster versus robot movie, she called her friend and Babel director Alejandro Gonzales Iñarritu to set up an introduction.