Guy Pearce has admitted that he was once furious with a costar for denigrating his work in the Australian soap opera ‘Neighbours’

Guy Pearce recently spoke to The Times as part of his Oscar campaign for “The Brutalist” and remembered getting piled on by members of the industry due to his acting start on the popular Australian soap opera “Neighbours.

Pearce was on Neighbours in the mid-to-late 1980s and reprised the role for the show's original 2022 finale (though it's since been revived). He noted of getting his start on a soap: That said, it really was frowned upon.

Decades after his time on Australia's Neighbours, Guy Pearce admitted he wanted to punch an actress who looked down on his work on the soap opera series. In a recent interview with The Times, Pearce recalled his time on Neighbours.