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Why Did Guy Pearce Stop Working With Christopher Nolan After Memento? Actor Reveals
Guy Pearce opened up about the reason why the audience did not get to see his collaboration with Christopher Nolan post Memento.
It’s very common in Hollywood that many directors and actors opt to work with one another again and again after initially working on a project but then there are a few, who despite giving us a memorable film, don't end up collaborating. Christopher Nolan and Guy Pearce happen to fall into this category.
Both the individuals worked on only one project together– Memento. Pearce recently touched up on this topic while conversing with Vanity Fair. The actor told the publication that he hasn't really been in contact with the Oppenheimer filmmaker.
The LA Confidential star stated that over the years, Nolan has spoken to him about roles a few times. He added, “The first Batman and The Prestige. But there was an executive at Warner Bros. who quite openly said to my agent, 'I don't get Guy Pearce. I'm never going to get Guy Pearce. I'm never going to employ Guy Pearce.’”
The actor further shared that he did not appear to be hurt by the executive's alleged problem with him, but was disappointed by the opportunity that he might have lost because of it. He said about thinking that the executive just did not have a belief in him as an actor.
He further shared, “In a way, that's good to know. I mean, fair enough; there are some actors I don't get. But it meant I could never work with Chris.”
The performer shared that he was considered for Ra’s al Ghul in Batman Begins but did not end up getting it, instead Liam Neeson got the role. Pearce shared that he flew down to London to discuss the aforementioned role and then was informed that he would not be featured in that film. He then shared that when he landed there, Nolan asked him if he wanted to see the Batmobile and get dinner.
Pearce also shared about having a sense of what occurred in The Prestige set, because of his friend. He said that when his friend, Piper Perabo was working on that venture, he called her to see how everything was unfolding and she responded with, “Oh, Chris Nolan, he's this towering intellectual, a total cinephile, and Christian Bale is all internal and actor-y and method, and then Hugh Jackman is hosting a dinner party.’”
Much to our disappointment, we didn't get to see Gay Pearce and Christopher Nolan’s cinematic brilliance onscreen, but the actor made sure to treat his fans with performances in films like Time Machine, LA Confidential, The Proposition, The Factory Girl and many more.
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