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Feb 2025
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Guy Pearce’s brilliant baddie in The Bru...

THE AUSTRALIAN
About this episode

From Neighbours to Priscilla to the Oscars: Guy Pearce’s star turn as a very bad man in The Brutalist.  

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey and produced and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Stephanie Coombes.

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