{"id":134813,"date":"2024-12-19T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/guy-pearce-explains-why-studio-films-are-a-killer-for-me\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T07:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T07:00:21","slug":"guy-pearce-explains-why-studio-films-are-a-killer-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/guy-pearce-explains-why-studio-films-are-a-killer-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Pearce Explains Why Studio Films Are &#8220;A Killer For Me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFollowing the vital flop of his 2002 adaptation of H.G. Wells\u2019 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-time-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Time Machine<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/guy-pearce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guy Pearce<\/a> had a brand new perspective on his profession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe 2x Golden Globe nominee defined why engaged on the big-budget <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dreamworks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DreamWorks<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/warner-bros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Warner Bros.<\/a> function made him really feel like his \u201cintuition doesn\u2019t mean anything,\u201d placing him off from working with huge studios sooner or later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI think the process of it felt way too big for me,\u201d he defined to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/guy-pearce-gq-hype?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhtwitter&amp;utm_content=null\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">GQ<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI can\u2019t make [sense of] this idea of studio films where you just get told what to do by people afraid to lose their jobs. I remember there were discussions at the beginning about how I was going to look. A couple of the executives say, \u2018No, he\u2019ll just cut his hair and he\u2019ll just do this and he\u2019ll do that.\u2019 And I\u2019m in the room going, <em>Hello<\/em>? I\u2019m immediately feeling like my intuition doesn\u2019t mean anything here. That\u2019s a killer for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPearce added, \u201cIt was the first time I really felt that there was not just a disconnect, but a kind of greater power up there that you couldn\u2019t even really talk to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe actor beforehand speculated that one Warner Bros. exec \u201cjust didn\u2019t believe in me as an actor\u201d as he revealed the unnamed go well with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/12\/guy-pearce-blocked-from-working-christopher-nolan-after-memento-1236203595\/\">blocked him from working<\/a> with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/christopher-nolan\/\">Christopher Nolan<\/a> after their team-up on the psychological thriller <em>Memento<\/em> (2000).<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:679px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/679)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?w=199\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg 1692w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=100,150 100w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=199,300 199w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=679,1024 679w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=1019,1536 1019w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=1359,2048 1359w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=66,100 66w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=40,60 40w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=311,468 311w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=150,225 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=110,165 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=285,428 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=159,240 159w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=318,480 318w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=637,960 637w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=398,600 398w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=796,1200 796w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=510,768 510w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Guy-Pearce-The-Time-Machine.jpg?resize=1274,1920 1274w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"679\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">Guy Pearce in <em>The Time Machine<\/em> (2002) (Warner Bros.\/Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cHe spoke to me about roles a few times over the years,\u201d Pearce informed <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> of Nolan. \u201cThe first <em>Batman<\/em> and <em>The Prestige<\/em>. But there was an executive at Warner Bros. who quite openly said to my agent, \u2018I don\u2019t get Guy Pearce. I\u2019m never going to get Guy Pearce. I\u2019m never going to employ Guy Pearce.\u2019 So, in a way, that\u2019s good to know. I mean, fair enough; there are some actors I don\u2019t get. But it meant I could never work with Chris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPearce is at the moment nominated for Best Supporting Actor \u2014\u00a0Motion Picture on the 82nd Golden Globe Awards for his efficiency in <em>The Brutalist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Following the vital flop of his 2002 adaptation of H.G. Wells\u2019 The Time Machine, Guy Pearce had a brand new perspective on his profession. The 2x Golden Globe nominee defined why engaged on the big-budget DreamWorks\/Warner Bros. function made him really feel like his \u201cintuition doesn\u2019t mean anything,\u201d placing him off from working with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2395,2482,1380,7048,6821,5492],"class_list":{"0":"post-134813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-explains","9":"tag-films","10":"tag-guy","11":"tag-killer","12":"tag-pearce","13":"tag-studio"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}