In that same interview, Guy revisited his early acting days on the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours. He appeared on the show from 1986 to 1989, and you can watch a clip of some of his acting on the show below: “I have many feelings about that show,

“In the old days you were either a theatre actor or a film actor, and if you got stuck in a soap you were the lowest of the low — but what an opportunity,” the star said of landing the role of the handsome and hardworking Mike Young on the show.

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.

Neighbours' legend Guy Pearce, who has gone on to appear in movies 'LA Confidential', 'Memento', 'The Hurt Locker', once wanted to punch a "snobby actress" after she looked down on his time in the Australian soap opera,