Pearce, who currently co-stars in The Brutalist, says a Warner Bros. exec blocked him from reuniting with his Memento director. Photo: Guy Pearce in The Brutalist (Credit: A24) Christopher Nolan is known for sticking with actors he likes,

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Guy Pearce blamed a Warner Bros. executive for blacklisting him from starring in Christopher Nolan films after 'Memento.'

Guy Pearce has alleged a Warner Bros. executive prevented him from being cast in any of Christopher Nolan's movies made for the studio. Pearce earned huge acclaim for his performance in Nolan's breakthrough movie,

Written and directed by Nolan, Memento stars Pearce as Leonard, a man struggling with short-term memory loss while trying to track down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The film also starred Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano.

He was briefly considered for Liam Neeson's part in 'Batman Begins' before it was decided he wasn't allowed to take on the role.

Clearly, that hater WB exec did not much appreciate Pearce’s work in Memento. And who knows where that person is today, or whether they’re still blocking Pearce’s opportunities. We do know that Christopher Nolan is not still at Warner Bros., so perhaps, as Pearce put it to jokingly end the VF interview, “now my time has come!”

Pearce, who collaborated with Nolan on 2000 film “ Memento ,” told Variety during the “Awards Circuit” podcast that Nolan is akin to another auteur, Stanley Kubrick.

During an interview, Guy Pearce revealed why he and Christopher Nolan haven't collaborated since their very first film, Memento.