 Cameron met close friend Guillermo del Toro on the production of his 1993 film, "Cronos".In 1998, Toro's father was kidnapped in Guadalajara and Cameron gave Toro more than $1 million in cash to pay a ransom and have his father released.In 2012, Cameron purchased more than 1,000 hectares of land in remote South Wairarapa, New Zealand, subsequent purchases has seen that grow to approximately 5,000 hectares.