Inside Guy Pearce and Cate Blanchett’s Twitter spat
Everyone needs good neighbours, but Guy Pearce seemed to forget that famous adage while judging fellow Australian Cate Blanchett’s latest award on Monday.
The actress has received critical acclaim for her starring role as a fictional composer in Todd Field’s directed Tár, a grim assessment of cancel culture in the modern era.
But Pearce hinted at a simmering dispute with far-reaching roots following her nomination and subsequent win in the Best Actress category at this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards by initially defending one of her rivals.
Raise your voice: Everyone needs good neighbours, but Guy Pearce seemed to forget that famous adage when passing judgment on fellow Australian Cate Blanchett’s latest award winner on Monday.
Please be Ana de Armas! Incredible performance!’ she tweeted, referencing her divisive portrayal of screen icon Marilyn Monroe in the box office flop Blonde.
When Blanchett won the award for her role as troubled songwriter Lydia Tár, the actress retweeted the ad with the cheeky message: “Fascinating choice…”
She later retweeted a post from a Blanchett fan account that included images of the actress posing for a bondage-inspired photoshoot, captioning it: Oh no thanks.
Pearce has since deleted his tweets, but his scathing tone hints at a simmering feud going back some 15 years and suggests that potential wounds caused by a conventional pay dispute have yet to heal.
In 2008, the actor, riding high after the box office success of Memento and LA Confidential, offered a lukewarm response to earning less than Blanchett after agreeing to star in a Melbourne Theater Company production of Poor Boy.
Bizarre: Pearce hinted at a simmering feud with far-reaching roots following her nomination and subsequent win in the Best Actress category at this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards.
Barbed: When Blanchett won the award for her role as songwriter Lydia Tár, the Memento actress retweeted the announcement (left). She later retweeted images of Blanchett posing for a bondage-inspired photo shoot (right).
Beginning in January 2009, the musical served to open the Melbourne Theater Company’s $55 million theater complex, at the time an ambitious new venture.
Meanwhile, Blanchett was settling in for what would be a three-year stint as Co-Artistic Director of the Sydney Theater Company, where she would win further acclaim for a breakout performance as Blanche Dubois in an STC production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Under Blanchett’s direction, the STC was also responsible for scheduling a summer run of Pretty Boy, featuring Pearce in a leading role, in Sydney beginning in July 2009, only for the actor to write himself off and factor money in. extenuating.
Praise: The actress has received critical acclaim for her role as a fictional songwriter in the Todd Field-directed Tár, a grim assessment of cancel culture in the modern age.
‘I’ve been talking to the (STC)’, he told the Tage at the time. “But I’m not committing to doing a season in Sydney in July that far away. I love the piece and have been practicing my songs in the shower.
‘I’m very excited to do it in Melbourne with the MTC because I’ve worked with them before and this is important to them. I will spend the summer at home and work as a normal actor.
He added: “Okay, I could make a lot more money making a movie in the same amount of time, but being home is priceless.” But then back to it in Sydney later in the year after a gap of several months…
Old times: Pearce has since deleted his tweets, but his scathing tone points to a pay dispute from 15 years ago.
Leading role: In 2008, the actor offered a lukewarm response for earning less than Blanchett after agreeing to star in a Melbourne Theater Company production of Poor Boy (pictured with co-star Jack McKinnis-Pegg)
“I certainly would if I didn’t have any other projects coming up, but it’s too early to tell. If I’m not home, I might as well be doing something like a movie that pays a decent amount.
I mean it would be hard to say, “I’m sorry I don’t want to do your movie because I want to work for free in Sydney for another three months.”
Mrs. Blanchett is fantastic, absolutely, but I have to earn a living. Unless she wants to pay me what she earns. If she does it herself, it’ll be the most the STC has ever paid an actor, I guarantee it.
Nothing to see here: When asked by his followers what his problem with Blanchett was, Pearce deleted all offensive tweets on Monday and assured fans there was no fight.
Surprise: Pearce and Blanchett, two of Australia’s most famous actors, appear to be locked in a long-running rivalry, leaving fans shocked as they had no idea there was ‘beef’ between them.
Melbourne Theater Company creative director Simon Phillips later defended the actor, telling the publication: “The guy has to wait until his movie schedule is in place before committing to (Sydney’s) season and That’s perfectly understandable.”
But we all have our fingers crossed. We are delighted that he has lent us his talent at this historic moment for the MTC’.
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