10th Feb2025

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #438: Actor Guy Pearce talks ‘The Brutalist’

by Phil Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #438: Guy Pearce on acting, on set tips, working with directors and ‘The Brutalist’

The wonderful actor Guy Pearce joins us this week to talk acting and his new feature film The Brutalist. Already nominated for a BAFTA and an OSCAR for Best Supporting Actor, Giles Alderson sat down with the aforementioned nominated Guy Pearce to chat working with inspirational directors, how he creates his roles and what sparks choices in him as an actor.Plus Guy discusses:

  • Reading Memento for the first time
  • Why scripts appeal to him and why he loves rehearsals
  • We chat about his audition for Michael Mann’s Heat and accents
  • Plus working with David Cronenberg, Christopher Nolan and Brady Corbet in the Brutalist and what can happen if you ask for another take!

The Brutalist is out now.

Follow The Filmmakers Podcast on Twitter: @filmmakerspod | @gilesalderson and the official website

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