Years after Nolan cast the Aussie in his backwards-told neo-noir, in which Pearce plays a man looking for his wife's killer, he wanted him to team up with another star for his 200

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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,