Oscar-nominated Hollywood star admits wanting to ‘punch’ female co-star in shock confession

A HUGE award-winning Hollywood prima has admitted to wanting to punch a pistillate co-star earlier successful his career.

It came aft helium near his relation successful Australian soap Neighbours successful 1989 and decided to tread the boards earlier making the leap into film.

Guy Pearce, who is nominated for an Oscar for his supporting relation successful The Brutalist, told The Times: "I did a play a twelvemonth aft I near and this snobby histrion said, 'How could you adjacent bash that?' I wanted to punch her'.

"Now, obviously, I didn’t punch her. But it was specified a horrible attitude."

He did not notation the histrion by sanction but admitted helium felt a twinge of karma years aboriginal erstwhile helium spotted her successful an advert.

"Five years aboriginal I saw her connected immoderate s**t advertisement connected TV," Pearce said. "I truthful wanted to spell and find her and say, 'Okay...'"

Pearce, 57, is 1 of the astir palmy and critically-acclaimed actors to look from the satellite of soap television.

He famously starred successful representation nonaccomplishment enigma Memento, warfare epic The Hurt Locker and present alongside Adrien Brody successful architecture play The Brutalist.

Despite his accolades, Pearce has ne'er forgot his roots and returned to Ramsay Street to reprise his relation of Mike Young for Neighbours' 40th day celebrations successful 2023.

Annie Jones, who played his on-screen person Jane Harris, said: “Guy wants to bash close by Mike and by each the fans that seemed to person loved the Mike and Jane communicative successful the past occurrence truthful much, and I’m precise blessed however it’s playing out.

“Mike's fitted into the neighbourhood, he's large friends with Karl [Alan Fletcher], helium and Karl jam unneurotic a lot. They've got a spot of a Ramsay Street Band benignant of happening going on.

“He truly loves surviving here."

There's been immoderate idiosyncratic heartache for Guy successful caller years.

His mum Anne died aft a agelong conflict with Alzheimer's successful 2023 - the aforesaid twelvemonth helium returned to Neighbours.

And conscionable days ago, Game Of Thrones histrion Carice van Houten revealed she and Guy person breached up.

The Dutch actress, 48, confirmed the news connected Instagram, confessing the brace haven’t been a mates for "years."

Taking to Instagram with a photograph with her erstwhile partner, she wrote: "I don’t usually prosecute successful discussions astir my idiosyncratic life, but due to the fact that of a fig of conclusions successful the media past week regarding my narration with Guy, I wanted to marque thing clear.

“He and I are large friends and emotion each different precise much, but we haven’t been a mates for years."

Carice, who shares a nine-year-old son, Monte, with Guy, concluded: "I am, however, precise arrogant to accidental we are successful a fantastic concern raising the existent emotion of our lives – our beauteous lad and his hamster. The end.”

Guy and Carice began dating successful 2015, soon aft helium ended his 18-year marriage to Kate Mestitz.

The mates welcomed Monte successful 2016.

Speculation astir their divided surfaced earlier this period erstwhile Guy referred to Kate arsenic the “greatest emotion of my life".

He told The Guardian, "My ex-wife, Kate, was the top emotion of my life, but I’ve moved connected from her now, and the top emotion of my beingness is my child, Monte."

In 2018, Guy opened up astir the affectional toll of his divorce from Kate, revealing it had led to suicidal thoughts.

He credited Carice and their lad for helping him done a “very challenging period” successful his life.

The L.A. Confidential histrion paid tribute to his household successful the liner notes of his medium The Nomad, which helium described arsenic a “personal and raw” task inspired by the extremity of his matrimony successful 2015.

“Especially a large loving convey you to Carice van Houten and our darling lad Monte, whose accomplishment successful our satellite came close successful the mediate of this record. You’ve some changed my beingness everlastingly and for the better,” helium wrote.

He wrote: "Especially a large loving convey you to Carice van Houten and our darling lad Monte, whose accomplishment successful our satellite came close successful the mediate of this record. You’ve some changed my beingness everlastingly and for the better."