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Guy Pearce on How Brady Corbet Reminds Him of Christopher Nolan and Why His ‘Brutalist’ Oscar Nom Isn’t a Comeback: ‘I Didn’t Go Anywhere’
Guy Pearce just earned his first Oscar nomination for "The Brutalist" and reflects on his work in "Memento" and a famous photo with Cameron Diaz.
Guy Pearce was in a celebratory mood at an afterparty for the 2010 Academy Awards, having appeared in that year’s best picture winner, “The Hurt Locker.” He was chatting with Cameron Diaz when a plate of mini hamburgers passed by, and they decided to have some fun. Confidential” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento”), back-to-back best picture winners (“The Hurt Locker,” “The King’s Speech”) and box office hits (“Iron Man III,” Adam Sandler’s “Bedtime Stories.”) He enjoyed an Emmy-winning turn in HBO’s “Mildred Pierce” and was at the center of a beloved cult classic with “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” Corbet wanted an actor who could embody “a Rockefeller or Barnes type,” and was particularly impressed by Pearce’s work in “Mildred Pierce” in which he pulled off a mid-Century dialect and cadence that evoked memories of Joseph Cotton and James Mason.
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