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Pearce Defends Factory Girl
9 March 2007 (WENN)
Australian actor Guy Pearce has defended his latest film Factory Girl and his co-star Sienna Miller against a barrage of scathing reviews. Pearce played artist Andy Warhol opposite Miller's Edie Sedgwick in the George Hickenlooper-directed movie. The film received a lot of negative reviews and critics have been mixed in their opinion of Miller's acting ability. Pearce says, "Most critical comments are completely unjustified. They come from jealously. Somebody like Sienna comes along who's clearly a very smart, very intelligent, brilliant, great actress... and her attitude, and mine, is 'Good luck in your next life guys.'"

'LA Confidential' Sparks Two Sequels
2 March 2007 (WENN)
The creative team and original stars from cult movie LA Confidential are in talks to re-team for a sequel to the movie, going head-to-head with another sequel starring George Clooney. Director Joe Carnahan is also directing a follow-up to the film based on author James Ellroy's book White Jazz. According to entertainment website Tmz.com, another sequel is being planned by the film's original director Curtis Hanson. Hanson's version wouldn't rely on the plot of White Jazz and would instead pick-up where LA Confidential ended. The sequel would reunite original stars Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and Kim Basinger, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in LA Confidential.

Australian Actor Pearce Blasts SAG Global Rule One
21 May 2002 (StudioBriefing)
Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento, The Time Machine) has lashed out at the Screen Actors Guild's Global Rule One, which orders members of the union not to accept work in productions outside the U.S. unless they are paid in accordance with SAG contract conditions. In an interview with Melbourne's The Age newspaper, Pearce, who is a member of both SAG and its Australian counterpart, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), remarked that SAG's edict is "almost bullying behavior." If applied to actors like himself who work in both Australian and American movies, Pearce noted, Global Rule One would prevent them from making films in their own countries for producers who can't afford the kind of budgets that Americans can. "If SAG is talking about having a stronghold over purely Australian films, then my reaction is, well, go away," Pearce said.

Pearce Wants To Forget Soap Days
18 April 2002 (WENN)
After establishing himself in Hollywood, Guy Pearce wants to put his days on a top Australian soap opera firmly behind him. Pearce first came to attention in Neighbours in the late 80s, but these days is better known for his roles in L.A. Confidential and Memento. Of his soap days, the 34-year-old says, "It was all about screaming teenagers. Our faces were so fresh in people's minds. It was definitely a monstrous aspect of my life. "Now I feel I have more to respect for myself as an actor. And I get more respect from people."

Mumba Eyes Hopkins And Snipes
12 March 2002 (WENN)
Samantha Mumba is so elated with the success of her new movie The Time Machine, she already has her eye on Sir Anthony Hopkins and Wesley Snipes as her next co-stars. The Irish beauty, 19, plays Mara, Guy Pearce's tour guide after he blasts himself 800,000 years into the future in the flick, which shot straight to the top of the American box office since opening last Friday. And now the singer has her hopes set on repeating her movie chart victory with a few more A-list leading men. She says, "I absolutely admire Anthony Hopkins. I'd love to be in a film with him. I felt quite sorry for him in Hannibal because he was sweet in that one - he was absolutely in love with Clarice." She adds, "I'd love to do a real action-packed movie with Wesley Snipes. I think we'd kick a** together."

Globe Winner Altman Shunned By DGA
23 January 2002 (StudioBriefing)
Robert Altman, who received the director's award at the Golden Globe ceremonies Sunday night for his Gosford Park, was ignored by his peers in the Directors Guild of America when the guild announced its nominees for best director of 2001 Tuesday. On the other hand, the DGA included first-time director Christopher Nolan for the indie film Memento, starring Guy Pearce. Other nominees were Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rogue) and Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down).

Sexy Beast Wins British Indie Fest
25 October 2001 (StudioBriefing)
Sexy Beast, a critically praised film starring Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone, has won four top awards at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). The film received prizes for best film, best screenplay, best director (Jonathan Glazer) and best actor (Kingsley). Jeremy Thomas, the film's producer, also won a special jury prize for best British producer. Kate Ashfield won the best actress award for her performance in Late Night Shopping. Christopher Nolan's Memento, starring Guy Pearce, won for best independent foreign film in English, while Wong Kar Wei's In the Mood for Love won for best foreign film in another language.

Guy Pearce: My Dad's Death Drove Me To Acting
28 March 2001 (WENN)
Australian star Guy Pearce's father's sudden death drove his desire to become an actor. The star of new indie film Memento, which is getting raves around the U.S., was just eight when his test pilot father died in a plane crash, and recalls that he felt huge pressure to grow up fast and be responsible. He says, "Mum said, 'Oh, it's great you're so responsible.' So I told myself, okay, I'm responsible. Mum's seen something in me, I'll carry on with that. I'd hate to say something so corny as that moment was the catalyst for me, but in a way I thought, 'Right, I have to act to save the situation.' But I think with Dad being gone - and me spending a lot of time in my room on my own, just drawing and painting and singing and creating an imaginary world that was in some ways more enjoyable than this responsibility that I had, something else was created."

Movie Reviews: Memento
16 March 2001 (StudioBriefing)
Opening in limited release, the indie thriller Memento, starring Guy Pearce as a man unable to retain new memories, is receiving superb reviews. Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal has a pleasant memory about the film: "I can't remember when a movie has seemed so clever, strangely affecting and slyly funny at the very same time," he writes. Roger Friedman, in his column for FoxNews.com, remarks that the film is "maybe the best movie I've seen in two years." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post calls it a "tour de force ... perhaps the most dazzling film released so far this year." Only A.O. Scott in the New York Times among leading critics appears less than overwhelmed with it. "Though Memento is impressive," he writes, "it doesn't in the end leave much of an impression. Like a day in [lead character] Leonard's life, it slips easily from memory, favoring sensation over insight and the frisson of artificial confusion over any contemplation of human reality."

NOTE: In Thursday's edition we credited an item concerning the forthcoming Planet of the Apes movie to Britain's Guardian newspaper. The British entertainment news service Showbiz Networks has advised us that it was the original source of the story and that it was initially published on Popcorn, a U.K. movie Web site .

L.A. Confidential Star Turns His Back On Hollywood
11 January 2001 (WENN)
Guy Pearce has turned his back on a chance to hit the jackpot in Hollywood - in favor of directing a low-budget movie. The L.A. Confidential (1997) hunk will stay in his native Australia to move behind the camera for the first time, as well as starring in Blood and Guts A source close to Pearce says the actor was keen to "return to his roots". They add, "Guy is very much an Australian and he loves being at home just outside Sydney with his family living in seclusion. He really has no interest in stars or the star system. Come to that, he doesn't have much interest in money either. They were willing to throw buckets of the stuff at him to stay on in Los Angeles and pick up more offers but he just jumped on a plane and politely said 'no way'."

Aussie Actor Pearce Turns Back On Hollywood
10 January 2001 (StudioBriefing)
After making a sensational debut as the good cop in L.A. Confidential three years ago then moving on to films that did little to further his reputation (Ravenous, Rules of Engagement), Guy Pearce has "returned to his roots" in Australia, the British entertainment site Ananova reported today (Wednesday). Pearce reportedly has agreed to appear in a low-budget Australian comedy, Blood and Guts, helmed by a first-time director. A friend told Ananova: "Whatever Guy is he is very much an Australian and he loves being at home just outside Sydney with his family living in seclusion. He really has no interest in stars or the star system. Come to that, he doesn't have much interest in money either. They were willing to throw buckets of the stuff at him to stay on in Los Angeles and pick up more offers but he just jumped on a plane and politely said 'no way'." Pearce has completed work on Disney's big-budget The Count of Monte Cristo due to be released this year.

Guy's Mark Of Doubt
23 October 2000 (WENN)
L.A. Confidential (1997) star Guy Pearce has held back from getting a tattoo - for the sake of his acting. The Australian actor decided against the idea, after realizing that he'd just spend his time covering them up for his roles in films. He says, "The practical side of my mind takes over. I remind myself that I'm going to have to keep covering them up for the different roles I take on. Also I wouldn't be able to decide what I'd want."