‘The Brutalist’ doesn’t work without Guy Pearce

NEW YORK — Over the years, Guy Pearce has been good in most all things. His Harrison Lee Van Buren in “The Brutalist” may be Pearce’s most colossally two-faced concoction yet. “There’s a sense of: I have ownership of the project because I’m paying for it, and I almost have ownership of you.” Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Pearce has been around the movie business long enough to shake hands with plenty of wealthy men putting money toward a film production. “Thankfully,” Pearce says, “I’m friends with Danny Huston and he’s got a wonderfully old-fashioned voice.” He and Corbet didn’t speak much about the director’s hardships on “Vox Lux.” “I know that it was troubled. Of course, all those producers now are going, ‘I was with him all the way.’” Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print To a certain degree, Pearce says, he doesn’t fully understand a performance while he’s doing it.