Regardless of their acclaimed collaboration on Memento, Man Pearce hasn't starred in any Christopher Nolan initiatives since — and he thinks one man is accountable.

The L.A. Confidential star not too long ago defined why he stopped working with Nolan, saying he has "probably not" stored in contact with the filmmaker. "He spoke to me about roles a couple of occasions through the years," Pearce instructed Vanity Fair in a brand new interview. "The primary Batman and The Prestige. However there was an govt at Warner Bros. who fairly overtly stated to my agent, 'I don't get Man Pearce. I'm by no means going to get Man Pearce. I'm by no means going to make use of Man Pearce.'"

A consultant for Warner Bros. didn’t instantly reply to Leisure Weekly's requestfor touch upon Saturday, or reply to Vainness Truthful's earlier request for remark.

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Pearce didn't appear notably harm by the exec's alleged problem with him, however he was disenchanted by the alternatives it might need price him. "I feel he simply didn't consider in me as an actor," he speculated. "In a manner, that's good to know. I imply, truthful sufficient; there are some actors I don't get. Nevertheless it meant I may by no means work with Chris."

The actor stated he'd been thought-about for Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins, however the position in the end went to Liam Neeson. "They flew me to London to debate the Liam Neeson position for Batman, and I feel it was selected my flight that I wasn't going to be within the film," he recalled. "So I get there and Chris is like, 'Hey, you need to see the Batmobile and get dinner?'"

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Pearce added that he nonetheless had a way of what occurred on the set of The Status because of a pal who labored on the movie. "When my pal Piper Perabo was engaged on The Status, I known as her to see the way it [was] going, and he or she stated, 'Oh, Chris Nolan, he's this towering mental, a complete cinephile, and Christian Bale is all inner and actor-y and methodology, after which Hugh Jackman is internet hosting a cocktail party,'" he recalled.

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Though Pearce missed the possibility to work on Nolan's Batman trilogy, he did find yourself in one other billion-dollar comedian guide film: He performed antagonist Aldrich Killian in 2013's Iron Man 3, and stated he loved working with Robert Downey Jr. as a result of he's "incredible at having different actors concerned" within the course of. "We had extra units and stuff to be on that it didn't really feel too visible results–laden."

Pearce has skilled a lot of completely different approaches to big-budget filmmaking. "After I made The Time Machine, that was me in a completely inexperienced studio the place on the finish of the day I'd have a migraine," he stated. "That was extra effects-laden than Iron Man. Or Prometheus. Partially as a result of Ridley Scott doesn't like visible results."

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The actor recalled the Gladiator director insisting on precise units in the course of the manufacturing of the Alien prequel. "I bear in mind we had been capturing in that large cave of an area the place our characters first enter that world," Pearce stated. "Ridley needed it 26 ft longer than it was, they usually stated, 'We are able to put a inexperienced display on the finish and make it so long as you need.' And he stated, 'No, no, no, knock the tip of the studio down and construct it for me.' They went, 'Sure, Mr. Scott, no matter you need, sir.'"

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