The only surprise was the Guy Pearce was in it and I had no idea. When did he drop into obscurity?
I know, right?? When I saw it, I thought, is that Guy Pearce? That can't be Guy Pearce. If Guy Pearce were in this movie, I would have known. Right? People would have mentioned it? And then it was Guy Pearce.
It took me halfway through his first scene to say "hey, that's...that's Guy Pearce!"
The last movie he was in was The Hurt Locker, which he was in for about 5 minutes.
He was also in
Animal Kingdom.
WTF is up with his career?
I DON'T KNOW! Does he not have a publicist? Why do I not know he's in a movie until I see the movie?
I'm scanning his IMDb bio, and he was in
The Road,
too! And
Bedtime Stories
??
Maybe I am overestimating his star power because I love
Memento
so much. But he was in
L.A. Confidential,
too! And then
The Count of Monte Cristo
and
The Time Machine
happened, and Hollywood decided he wasn't worth its attention or something.
Karmic payback for that remake of The Time Machine?
He was just on HBO in Mildred Pierce.
I think Guy can afford to pick and choose whatever whackadoo project catches his fancy.
He was a major Aussie teenaged star for years on television, so he had his bank account squared away a long time before L.A. Confidential.
I'm pretty sure he'll never have to pay for a drink in his life as long as there are gay bars. (Which would probably be true for the next decade even if he'd never been in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, but still...)
Well, if it's his choice, OK. But if it's people not offering him work...that's just wrong!