United Kingdom, Jan. 31 -- Guy Pearce made bad films to pay for his divorce.

The Hollywood actor has confessed he agreed to a number of "s***" movie projects after splitting from his wife of 18 years Kate Mestitz in 2015 because he "needed the money" and admits it was a "real relief" when he finally sorted out his financial issues and was able to get back to picking films for reasons other than a hefty pay cheque.

In an interview with The Times newspaper, he explained: "I did a bunch of s*** during my divorce because I needed the money.

"It was my divorce period, 2016, '17 and '18. I'd read scripts thinking, no, this is pretty good actually, I could do this . But a year earlier I would have said no.

"You're forced to expand your toler...