Tell me about "Rules of Engagement" - the very odd William Friedkin movie from last year. There was a lot of shouting in that film.
There was a lot of shouting on set too. Billy likes to scream at you if you don't get it right. I'm one of those actors who likes to rehearse and Billy doesn't. You would block a scene and then literally go straight in to shoot it and if you didn't get it right he would scream and yell at you until you did. Not my favourite way to work.
I've met both he and Tommy Lee Jones very briefly and I get the feeling that if you got the two of them together it would be quite a volatile mix.
I said to Billy when I first went to meet him in the States, I said "What's with Tommy Lee Jones? Everyone calls him TL, do I call him Tommy or Tommy Lee?" He said,"Best just not to call him anything." So I thought I'll stick to my corner and keep quiet.
What's next for you?
I've just finished an Australian film called "Til Human Voices Wake Us", with Helena Bonham Carter. And I'm currently working on "The Count Of Monte Cristo", in Ireland and Malta. Jim Caviezel and Richard Harris are in the film. It's a good cast.
Guy Pearce on his acting back catalogue and his role in "Memento".
