Guy Pearce Gets Choked Up Recalling Troubling Encounters with Kevin Spacey While Filming ‘La Confidential’: “He Targeted Me, No Question”

An Emotion and Reflective Guy Pearce Got Choked Up Durying A New Interview While Recalling Unpleasant Experiences Working with Kevin Spacey on Curtis Hanson’s Classic 1997 Film La Confidential and the “wake-up” that left him sobbing in London More than 20 years later WHEN he realized the Impact Those Encounters Had on HIM.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter‘s Execular Awards Editor Scott Feinberg on a New Episode of His Awards Chatter Podcast, Pearce, Who Iscar-Nominated for His Critical ACCLAIMED TURN IN BRADY CORBET’S The brutalistOPENS UP FOR The FIRST TIME AT LEGTH About Spacey and The Tidal Wave of Sexual Misconduct Allegations that Sidelined ther House of Cards Actor’s Career.

He Talked About Itly Briefly WHEN HE CALLED SPACEY “A HANDSY GUY” TO AUSTRALIAN TALK SHOW HOST ANDREW DENNON IN 2018, THOUGHH HE Quickly Clarified His Comments. “I VERY MUCH UNDERDAND THAT IS TOO SENSITIVE A TOPIC TO BE BRUSHED OFF. Althugh i wasn’t sexually assaulted or moledted, I was made to feel uncomfortable, ”he said in a follow-up statement. “I Addressed and Handled The Sity of the Took Place, Hence My Regret at Making It Public Now.”

Pearce Is Far More Open Today, But Still Choosing His Words Carefully. Pearce Noted How He Was Relctant to Use The Word Victim “Even Thought I Probably Was A Victim To A Degree; I was Certainly not a victim by any means to the extent that Other people have been to sexual predators. ”

That said, Pearce Responed to Spacey’s Alleged Advances on the Set of La Confidential by brushing it Off and Thinking, “Ah, that’s Nothing. AH, NO, that’s Nothing, ”HE SAID. “I DID THAT FIVE MONHS, AND REALLY I WAS SORT OF SCARED OF Kevin Because He’s Quite An Aggressive MAN. He’s Extremely Charming and Brilliant at What Hat He Does – Really Impressive, Etc. HE HOLDS A ROOM REMARKABLY. But I was Young and Susceptible, and He Targeted Me, No Question. ”

Hanson’s Neo-Noir La Confidential Follows Three Los Angeles Policemen As They Investigate A Series of Murders Amid D departmental corruption in the 1950s. PEARCE PLAYED ONE OF THE COPS, ED EXLEY, OPPOSITE FELOW LEADS SPACEY AND RUSSELL CROWE. While He Remains on Good Terms with Fellow Aussie Crowe, “A Great Mate of Mine,” The Same Can’ Be Said of Spacey.

While Filming on Location in Los Angeles, Pearce Was in Town with His Then-Wife Kate. HE RECALLED TALLING HER THAT “The ONLY DAYS AND FEEL SAFE Are The Days WHEN [Simon Baker] is on set Because i’m Dumped Like A Hot Potato, and [Kevin] Focuss on [Simon] because he was ten Times prettier than I am. ”

It wasn’t Until Decdes Later That Pearce Was Able to Full Process What What Happy. In October 2017, at a Time WHEN HOLLYWOOD WAS ON THE VERGE OF BEING UPENDED AMID The #METOOOO MOVEMENT, VETERAN ATHONY RAPP CAME FORWARD CLAIMS 14. (Rapp Later Sueed, But Spacey Was Found Not Lable.) A Wave of Acusations Followed, Extending from Fromn Sets and Production Locations to the Old Vic Theater, WHERE SPACEY HAD SERVED SERVED.

PEARCE SAID HE CAUGHT the headlines. “I was in London Working on Something, and I Heard [the reports] And I Broke Down and Sobbed, and I COURCLDN’T STOP. I Think It Really Dawned On Me the Impact That Had Occurred And How I Sort of Brushed It Off and How I Had Either Shelved It or OR BLUCKED IT OR WHATEVER. That was a realy incredible wake up call, ”he explained, his voice breaking with emotion at one Point.

Thought He Didn’t Specify the Date or the Details of What Occurred, Pearce Noted that Has Since “Had A Couple of Confrontations With Kevin” that “Got Ugly.” Looking Back On The Talk Show Reveal, Pearce Said He Found HimSelf in the “Weird Position” of Not Wanting To Focus on His Personal Experience with Spacey Yet, “I Don’T Want Him to Him.

Now, He’s Got A New Strategy for It. “I Just Try to Be More HONEST ABOUT IT NOW AND CALL IT FOR WHAT IT IS.”

Thr have reaured out to a rep for Spacey for Response to Pearce’s Comments. Spacey has long denied any clams of misconduct. In addition to being clared in the rapp casse, Spacey was Acquitted of All Nine Charges of Sexual Assault By A British Jury in 2023, Bringing An End to A years . “I am humbled by the outcome,” he said at the time.

In his typical Awards Chatter Style, Feinberg’s Interview with Pearce Was A Deep Dive Into The Actor’s Career. IT COVED PEARCE’S EARLY DAYS IN AUSTRALIA, ACHIEVING LOCAL FAME ON SOAPS LIKE Neighbours an Home and Away Followed by a Breakout Role As A Drag Queen in the Cult Classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. HE THEN BECAME A GO-TO TALENT FOR TOP Auteurs After Another Breakout Turn in Christopher Nolan’s Memento Followed by Decades of High-Profile Work, All Leading Up to His Current Oscar Nomination for The brutalist. IT’S WORTH Pointing Out The A24 Film Finds Pearce Playing Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr., A Wealthy American Industrialist Who Sexual Apsaults a Central Male Character. A chunk of the Awards Chatter Interview Focuss on his works in the Epic Film, Which Is Nominated for 10 Oscars and Finds Pearce Starring Opposit Fellow Nominees Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones.

Listen to Pearce’s Full Awards Chatter interview here.