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Media More Interested In Guy Pearce’s Love Life Than His Hate Life

It has been over a week since the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal was announced, and days since the three female Israeli hostages were released.

Good people in the world have expressed relief and even happiness that these innocent young woman were released from captivity.

Then there’s people like Hollywood actor Guy Pearce. As I posted last week, his reaction to the deal was sarcasm, with not a word about the innocent Israelis, consistent with his silence over the atrocities of October 7.

Pearce has since continued to solely bash Israel, while illustrating he is not the sharpest tool in the shed:


Who wants to inform him that Jenin is not in Gaza (not to mention that as usual, the IDF is doing its darndest to prevent civilian casualties)?

Meanwhile, Pearce has actually been in the news quite a bit the past few days, but not over his sickening posts.

The Financial Review ran an interview with a headline and opening that does make it sound like it is about them:

Guy Pearce knits his brow. “You know, people have said to me, quite openly, ‘Wow, you really f—ed your career, didn’t you?’ He meets my gaze. “I’m like, did I?! I’ve just done three films, and I’ve got another one coming. Did I f— it? Oh, OK, that’s interesting …”

If only.

Alas, it’s not – it does not mention any of that, except for a passing mention to his “nest of Free Palestine bands and several striking Maori tattoos” – and the interview paints him in a very good light:

Carefully removing the froth from his cappuccino, he smiles. “In a way, I kind of thought it was funny. It was interesting that people thought that. It’s hard to tell what the outside perspective [of you] is. But actually it got to the point where I didn’t really care about the outside perspective.”

The truth, it seems, is that Pearce simply gave up doing what people expected of him and chose to do something far more interesting instead. And thank God. One Brad Pitt is enough.

Some films – L.A. ConfidentialThe King’s SpeechThe Hurt Locker – won Oscars, while a few of the TV series – Mare of Easttown and an Emmy-winning turn in Mildred Pierce, both opposite Kate Winslet – were as high profile as the small screen gets. But the dominant thread in his patchwork CV is obscure indies, gritty period pieces and curious supporting roles.

“He chooses films for different reasons, which have nothing to do with ‘the game’ of being a star. It’s all about the context of the film and character,” says his friend John Hillcoat, who directed him in the brilliant Australian western The Proposition, as well as in The Road and Lawless. “He’s also one of those people who disappear into a role, like Gary Oldman and Daniel Day-Lewis. I think he’s one of the best of his generation.”

For someone who f—ed it, then, things are looking OK. “You know, as far as I’m concerned, I’ve worked a lot in my life,” Pearce says. “I’ve done some great things, and some that haven’t worked great. I’ve had enough attention. This is the career that I want. We all want to make memorable films, but it doesn’t always happen. So to have a few, I’m thankful for it. I’m lucky I had those opportunities. I don’t go, ‘This is the legacy I am leaving for people to remember me by.’”

No Guy, your legacy will be of a morally bankrupt person who used his celebrity to side with evil. But admittedly that of an actor so good, he fooled many of us into believing he is a decent human being – which you are not.

There has also been a fair bit of buzz over an interview he gave with the Guardian, in which he said “My ex-wife was the greatest love of my life, but I’ve moved on now”, which was seen as a bit of diss towards his apparent partner, Game Of Thrones star Carice van Houten.

Pearce’s comments about his ex-wife were so controversial, it led van Houten to clarify their relationship:

(Perhaps Pearce can now get together with fellow actor Richard Gere, who shares with him a hatred of Israel and a love of hamsters..)

Did I mention that in the very same interview Pearce made these “controversial” comments about his ex-wife, he also said this?

Which living person do you most despise and why?
Netanyahu.

which no-one seems to care about, despite the world being full of terrorists, Nazis, and monsters.

Notice also how he does not provide a reason.

Speaks volumes about the state of the world.

Incidentally, van Houten is also an unhinged Israel-hater, but of course not an antisemite:

Ignoring atrocities of the modern-day Nazis of Hamas against Jews, but complaining about a guy wearing a Nazi t-shirt.

Make that make sense.

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David Lange

A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
Picture of David Lange

David Lange

A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
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