The unforgettable actor in Christopher Nolan’s Memento, Guy Pearce has struggled for his career and is now enjoying a Golden Globe nomination for The Brutalist. But he has terrible memories of the “studio system”, which prevented him from working with Nolan again.
The nomination ai Golden Globe come best supporting actor per The Brutalist bring you closer Guy Pearce to the most glamorous Hollywood, a world from which he learned to look at himself, as he explained to GQ. The interpreter of L. A. Confidential e Memento over the last few years he has not denied himself independent cinema and TV series, because he fears the ruthlessness of the world of the majors. It’s part of the game, of course, but he still regrets not having had the opportunities he dreamed of with a friend like him Christopher Nolan…
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The character of Guy Pearce in The Brutalist it’s a rich industrialist which he commissioned from the architect László (Adrien Brody) a colossal modernist monument. Brady Corbet’s film, in cinemas from February 6brought Pierce back to one nomination ai Golden Globe: he had the other in 2012 for the miniseries Mildred Pierce. Remembering the moment he made the genius of Christopher Nolaninterpreting for him Memento (2000), the Australian actor, born in 1967, ended up complain about the dynamics of the studio system: the flop of The Time Machine in 2002 it marked him in the eyes of the studios as a “non-blockbuster” type, a mark of infamy…
I think those trials were too heavy for me. I can’t accept the idea of big studio movies, where people who are afraid of losing their jobs tell you what to do. I remember that in the beginning [per The Time Machine] there were discussions about what I should look like. A couple of executives said, “No, he’ll cut his hair, then he’ll do such and such.” And I was there in the room: helloooo? I instantly realized that my intuition was given no value. I don’t accept that. […] It was the first time I realized there wasn’t just a lack of communication, but a sort of greater power that you just couldn’t even talk to. […]
Christopher Nolan has talked to me about some roles over the years, for the primo Batmanper The Prestige. But there was an executive at Warner Bros. who frankly told my agent: “I don’t understand Guy Pearce. I will never call Guy Pearce. I will never hire Guy Pearce.” What can I say, from a certain point of view it’s good to know. I mean, it’s okay: I don’t really understand certain actors either. But this meant that I couldn’t work with Chris anymore.”
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