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.

"There was an executive at Warner Bros. who quite openly said to my agent, ‘I don't get Guy Pearce. I'm never going to get Guy Pearce. I'm never going to employ Guy Pearce.'"

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!”

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.

Guy Pearce revealed in a new interview with Vanity Fair that he was blocked from starring in Christopher Nolan movies after 2000's "Memento" because a Warner Bros. executive just didn't like his acting.

Guy Pearce was Christopher Nolan’s first choice for the character of Ra’s Al Ghul in Batman Begins, but for some reasons Liam Neeson ended up getting the role.The actor recently