Guy Pearce以其在2001年克里斯托弗·诺兰执导的《记忆碎片》中的出色表现而为人熟知，但他在好莱坞的发展并非一帆风顺。 近年来，随着社会对性骚扰和性侵犯问题的关注不断升级，许多明星开始勇敢地讲述自己的受害经历。

“What Guy Pearce brought to the character was a much greater degree of emotion, so that other people less interested in the plot could still get something out of the film.” ...