Spambot of the day
What’s this bot got against Guy?
Guy Pierce looks like he’s finally gained 50 lbs.
Now, I must admit that although I thought I’d never heard of “Guy Pierce,” this caused me to look him up. So I guess the bot got at least part of what it wanted—although it’s always difficult to know the true motivation of bots. Bot waters run deep.
From my research I discovered that Pierce is actually Guy Pearce, an Australian actor known for his ripped torso. And I’d seen him in the film “Memento,” an intriguingly-themed although ultimately disappointing flick:
I think the bot’s a liar as well as spell-challenged, because I can’t find any gossipy pieces about how much weight Pearce has gained.
Next thing you know the bot will say it had an affair with Herman Cain.
Just as an FYI, he was also in the movie LA Confidential, which was far less disappointing than Memento was! 🙂
Funny, how guy pierce and facts about his weight are more important than real history or facts which are boring… no
Wow! Talk about coincidence! Judging by the pic, this guy could be my identical twin brother…if he was about forty years older, had white hair, a spare tire around the middle, about 40 extra pounds a a few age spots. But, aside from those, you couldn’t even tell us apart. Amazing! Just amazing!
nyght beat m to the punch in saying Pearce’s real breakout role here in America was in L.A. Confidential in which he starred against Russell Crowe and for which he and other principal cast members (as a cast) were nominated for an Oscar among a number of other awards. His performance was critically acclaimed and I expected to see much more of him.
His resume (on IMDB.com) shows he has worked a great deal — mostly in movies and some television series, mini-series — but obviously nor big hits.
He is actually English-born but family moved to Australia when he was very young. The number of Australian actors who have achieved major success here in U.S. film industry just seems to be increasing exponentially and there is now quite a large community of them. (why the actors union hasn’t raised a ruckus over this and the large no of Canadian actors working, I don’t know)
But what I find most amazing, is the ease with which Australian actors are able to adopt virtually flawless American accents. The list is long: in addition to Pearce, there’s Anthony LaPaglia, his wife Carla Giugino and his brother Jonathon LaPaglia (who was a doctor and quit to act!), Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson (American-born; raised in Australia), Russell Crowe, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchette, Toni Collette, Naomi Watts, Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Simon Baker (TV’s “The Guardian” and now the popular “The Mentalist”), Portia di Rossi, Poppy Montgomery (“Without A Trace” and now starring in a new hit show “Unforgettable”) , Dominic Purcell (star of series “Prison Break”)….
The list seems endless and is growing. Success breeds more success, obviously.
P.S. Perhaps more interesting, is the reverse of the accent phenomenon is the clumsy manner — actually, just plain lousy — American actors are with accents (w/ extremely rare exceptions like Meryl Streep).
I enjoy accents. I wonder why I enjoy some so much more than others. I suppose the Southern accent isn’t really an accent but a dialect? My name, Curtis, is hard for Orientals and Hispanics, the latter to whom I say my name is Carlos. In the South, this one Kentucky blue grass gal used to pronounce my name with a y in the beginning and prolong the r, like Cyarrtiss. It was lovely and very darn near worth living for.
Off topic here, but somewhat in the genre:
Bono extols Bush for his Africa/Aids activity and names circumcision as an element of prevention.
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/
http://tinyurl.com/c6yab7y
Working towards an understanding.
Conservatism is a positive thinking rebellion. Australians understand that.
Csimon, did you know all theose names already? You must be Australian.
And I’d seen him in the film “Memento,” an intriguingly-themed although ultimately disappointing flick:
I thought Memento was brilliant, both in conception and execution. It was okay to lose interest towards the end, as the main impact of the movie in the first half, which wove together rather seamlessly. I, for one, was very impressed by Memento.
I just wanted to throw a good word in for the movie, as there are so few movies of quality made these days.
Nyght is correct (also csimon) about LA Confidential . It’s brilliant, not least because of Pearce’s performance. It was also the first time I ever saw Russell Crowe, and one of the best roles ever for Kevin Spacey. Check it out.
Incidentally, it’s not even remotely a ripped-torso role for Pearce.
It’s amazing what a spam bot can do. I wonder what Pierce’s manager forked over to have that go viral.
Guy Pearce was King Edward VIII in The King’s Speech — a great film, “stolen” by fellow Australian, Geoffrey Rush.
He was also great in “The Proposition” – my favorite Guy Pearce film, tied with LA Confidential (Memento taking second place).
Actually, it’s said that “Memento” propelled the DVD as a format due to it’s popularity and the ability to watch the movie “backward” and thus in a “normal” progression.
I second that Momento was a pretty darn good flick.
Probably one of my favorite movies, LA Confidential…
I often say goodnight to my son with “Have ye a valediction, boy-o?”
He already knows to reply, “Rollo Tomassi.”
The Memento DVD is important because it allows one to watch the movie in chronological order, which is NOT simply the reverse of the theatrical order.
The chronological order consists of a series of black and white scenes, followed by a series of color scenes. The theatrical order consists of the black and white scenes in correct order, interspersed with the color scenes in reverse order. Simple!
Of course, one should watch the theatrical version first, and then the chronological order to get a very different perspective.