Related: Guy Pearce got a major Memento spoiler when he first received the script. The actor recalled the Gladiator director insisting on actual sets during the production of the

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.

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.