Guy Pearce Acknowledges He Thinks He's Going to Lose Oscar to Kieran Culkin

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Guy Pearce is already prepared to lose at the upcoming 2025 Oscars! The 57-year-old actor is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his work in The Brutalist, and is up against Anora‘s Yura Borisov, A Real Pain‘s Kieran Culkin, A Complete Unkown‘s Edward Norton and The Apprentice‘s Jeremy Strong.

In a new interview, Guy reveals he’s had an acceptance speech ready, but after the way the awards season has been going, he’s accepting that he’ll likely lose the Oscar to Kieran Culkin. Keep reading to find out more… “I’ve been nominated for a few of these awards, and I haven’t won any!” he told The Guardian with a laugh. “I’m not gonna win! Kieran will win, again.” “I’ve had [a speech] I’ve thought about for the last three months now – haven’t used it once!

Nah, I’ll just forget it,” he added. He also acknowledges he almost doesn’t believe he’s now an Oscar-nominated actor. “It’s funny,” Guy said. “Not funny that I haven’t had one before – just funny to even get one, I reckon.

I stop and go, ‘Wow, is that – really? OK? That’s really happened?’” Kieran Culkin has been sweeping the awards in the Best Supporting Actor category this season, picking up his latest on Sunday night (February 23) at the SAG Awards. Guy‘s The Brutalist co-star Adrien Brody has been picking up several Best Actor awards.