We’re all happy that Guy Pearceearned a well-deserved Oscar nomination for his performance in The Brutalist, but at the same time, we can’t help but ask, “How did it take this long?!” The Australian actor has given a handful of impeccable performances as a lead and supporting presence, but much like Hollywood did over the last decade, the Academy Awards ignored him. Pearce’s stirring work as the alluring business magnate and benefactor Harrison Lee Van Buren in Brady Corbet‘s period epic stands on its own, and it is by no means a “makeup” Oscar to correct past snubs. However, he’s been blessing the screen with his innate charm and intense gravitas for decades, and nowhere is his dynamic range better equipped than in his breakout film in America, L.A. Confidential. The 1997 film was a major Oscar player, which makes Pearce’s snub for his turn as idyllic police officer Ed Exley even more baffling.
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