“I know why I no longer worked with Christopher Nolan”: Guy Pearce is zero in Memento
“I have an existential crisis. I saw Memento the other day and I am always depressed.”
In December, Guy Pearce revealed to Vanity Fair The reason he has no longer reworked with Christopher Nolan Since the year 2000 and their thriller Memento,,which turns the brain. According to the Australian actor, it was linked to the long collaboration between the filmmaker and the Warner Bros. : One of the studio leaders did not love him!
“Chris told me about roles several times over the years. In the first Batman Or The prestige. But there was a manager of Warner Bros. Who said very openly to my agent: “I don’t understand Guy Pearce. I will never understand Guy Pearce. I will never engage Guy Pearce. »» So, in a way, it was good to know. OK! Why not after all, there are actors with whom I have trouble too. But it meant at the same time that I could never work with Chris again, suddenly. “
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Now 57 years old and appointed to the Oscars for his supporting role in The brutalistfrom Brady Corbet, could Pearce now redo team with Nolan, now that he has changed employees? Following the success ofOppenheimer At Universal, the latter is indeed preparing an adaptation of Odyssey Homer with them.
Yes but here, during an interview with TimeGuy Pearce revealed to have doubts about his talents as actors:
“I have an existential crisis, he confesses to the British media. I saw again Memento The other day and I’m still depressed. I suck in this film. I had never thought that before, but I did a question and answer session on Memento Earlier this month and I decided to see the film again. During this viewing, I realized that I hated what I had done. And so all this thing on a leader from Warner who would explain why I did not rework with Chris? It all collapsed. I know why I did not rework with Chris – it’s because I’m not good in Memento. “
A surprising confession, so much for 25 years, this film with a very special editing has fascinated moviegoers. Pearce was also appointed for his acting work by the Chicago cinema criticism association, the Boston Society of Film Critics and the Saturn Awards, and he won the Best Actor Prize for Memento To the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards.
It is all the more surprising in 2020, interviewed by First on his careerGuy Pearce had only had compliments to Memento ::
“One day, my agent sends me the script and just says to me: ‘It’s amazing. But don’t be surprised, half takes place upside down. ‘ I read it, and I fall from my chair. Wow! It was for me, especially since I didn’t want to play in studios films anymore. What really plunged me was independent cinema. The unexpected. I had also turned Voracious And A Slipping-Down Life Shortly before, it gives you an idea of my state of mind of the time. In short, I am super enthusiastic and I look immediately FollowerChristopher Nolan’s first film. And there, I understand that something happens with this guy. I never do that, but I call her to tell her how much I want to make this film. I try the thing timidly, having in mind the crazy stories that we hear in Hollywood: ‘This actor camped three days in front of my door, I immediately knew it was him!‘(Laughs.) I am a little embarrassed, I almost apologize on the phone. I don’t know if it was thanks to that he took me, but in any case it was done. I believe that the role was offered to Brad Pitt and a few other people too (Aaron Eckhart or Alec Baldwin, Editor’s note) … What a chance I had, it was a game to change for me. Finally … more or less. It surely opened doors to me, maybe some have finally been able to imagine me in main roles. The thing is that this film is his own star, you see what I mean? Everything is perfectly executed, a real master stroke. It’s funny, I am often told that The Confidential was the latest film of its kind: old -fashioned, good budget but not staggering, a real beautiful story to the Hollywood. While Memento was the first of its kind: an avant-garde film, small but very effective, super hard to apprehend. It is an honor to have participated in the two.“”
Already known for for Priscilla Folle of the desert and indeed The ConfidentialPearce has continued to expand his career of ambitious projects such as Mare of Easttown, Prometheus, men without law, the speech of a king Or Deminers. He also suffered failures, but he will return very soon in The brutalistwho received A phenomenal welcome During the last Mostra in Venice. He will be released on February 12 in the cinema.
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