Pearce for Pierce

Memento star Guy Pearce will star opposite Kate Winslet in HBO’s upcoming five-hour miniseries adaptation of Mildred Pierce.

The actor will play Monty Beragon, while Evan Rachel Wood will take on the role of Veda Pierce.

Academy Award nominee Melissa Leo, James Le Gros (TV’s Mercy), Brian F. O’Byrne, and Morgan Turner round out the cast.

The miniseries, which follows a single mother and her daughter during the Great Depression, is based on the novel by the same name by James M. Cain.

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