In his opinion, “Memento” is the reason why he no longer worked with Christopher Nolan.
The Christopher Nolan thriller “Memento” from 2000 is considered a cult film for many. But now Guy Pearce, the main actor of the film, is releasing: he hates his performance in “Memento”.
“I have an existential crisis”
Pearce plays a man named Leonard Shelby in the almost two -hour psychological thriller. This suffers from amnesia and at the same time cannot form new memories. However, in order to find his wife’s murderer, Shelby has built up a complex system with notes, photos and tattoos and tries to transfer the perpetrator.
In an interview with “The Times”, Pearce now speaks about his presentation in “Memento” and has quite sharp criticism of himself. “I have an existential crisis,” says the 57-year-old. And further: “I recently saw ‘Memento’ and I am still depressed. I’m shit in this film. “
That is why Pearce no longer worked with Nolan
Visibly unhappy with his acting performance in Nolan’s psychological thriller, Pearce continued: “I had never thought about it, but at the beginning of the month I was in the question of ‘Memento’ and decided to watch the film again. But while he was running, it became clear to me that I hate what I did. ”And he even pushed after:“ I know why I am not again with Chris [Christopher Nolan, Regisseur von „Memento“] worked – it is because I’m not good in ‘memento’. “
With “The Brutalist” Pearce is nominated for an Oscar
Does he feel more comfortable here? For his current performance in the historical drama “The Brutalist”, the native Australian was nominated as the best supporting actor at this year’s Oscars.
On the film content: Brady Corbet’s film about a Hungarian, Jewish architect, who, after surviving the Holocaust, flees to America and tries to rebuild his life there is one of the favorites at the traditional Oscar award ceremony and lies with ten nominations in the race.