Toho Actually Demanded an Emotionless Godzilla in GODZILLA VS KONG
As part of their licensing agreement with Legendary, Toho demanded Godzilla remain emotionless in GODZILLA VS KONG
By
Josh Millican
We got plenty of mileage out of our exclusive interview with
Godzilla vs Kong director Adam Wingard (proof below). But the filmmaker has been spilling interesting details on plenty of other outlets as well.
In a recent interview with the
ReelBlend podcast, for example, Wingard explained that Toho had one major demand when it came to the portrayal of their beloved kaiju in
Godzilla vs Kong: No emoting.
“One of [the rules], for instance, is (that) they don’t want Godzilla to emote. They see him as like this god-like force of nature, and so to them, it’s out of character if you have him reacting in a normal way to things. But, there’s always ways around it. We definitely have some moments where I think Godzilla is more emotive in this film than he has been in any of the MonsterVerse movies. We just had to get clever with it. And I think that sometimes that stuff is kind of presented to you in a very kind of brick-wall kind of way. But if you just do certain things, and present it to them just right, and if they’re on board with the movie, they seem to give us plenty of leeway.”