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,

"'I don't get Guy Pearce. I'm never going to get Guy Pearce. I'm never going to employ Guy Pearce.'"Despite their acclaimed collaboration on Memento, Guy Pearce hasn't starred in any Christopher Nolan projects since — and he thinks one man is to blame.

Despite the critical and commercial success of their sole collaboration, Guy Pearce was blocked from working with Christopher Nolan for 20 years. The 2x Golden Globe nominee recently claimed he was denied roles in multiple Nolan films after a Warner Bros.

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!”

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

Guy Pearce says he was blocked by Warner Bros. from working with Christopher Nolan on Batman Begins and The Prestigue. "He spoke to me about roles a few times over the years,” Pearce told Vanity Fair.

Guy Pearce has alleged a Warner Bros. executive prevented him from being cast in any of Christopher Nolan's movies made for the studio. But there was an executive at Warner Bros. who quite openly said to my agent,