Christopher Nolan ‘didn’t believe’ in Guy Pearce as an actor after ‘Memento’

Guy Pearce has revealed why he didn’t work with Christopher Nolan after Memento.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Pearce said that he has “not really” kept touch with the filmmaker.

“He spoke to me about roles a few times over the years. The first Batman and The Prestige. But there was an executive at Warner Bros. who quite openly said to my agent, ‘I don’t get Guy Pearce. I’m never going to get Guy Pearce. I’m never going to employ Guy Pearce,’” he told the outlet.

Although Pearce isn’t hurt by Nolan’s issue with him, however, he said, “I think he just didn’t believe in me as an actor. In a way, that’s good to know. I mean, fair enough; there are some actors I don’t get. But it meant I could never work with Chris.”

“They flew me to London to discuss the Liam Neeson role for Batman, and I think it was decided on my flight that I wasn’t going to be in the movie. So I get there and Chris is like, ‘Hey, you want to see the Batmobile and get dinner?’” Pearce revealed.

While Pearce missed a chance to be in the Batman trilogy, he played Aldrich Killian in 2013’s Iron Man 3.