Back in March, we learned something new/weird: Game of Thrones star Carice van Houten (39) had taken up with Guy Pearce (48), and they were expecting their first child together. While Carice and Guy had been photographed once or twice before March, I don’t think most people had any idea they were together, so the pregnancy announcement was extra-surprising. So surprising, in fact, that the post about it had 100 comments! Well, good news! Carice gave birth to a healthy baby boy, and Guy announced the name:
A cute little package arrived and told us his name's Monte Pearce. We think we're gonna keep him. Placenta smoothie anyone? @caricevhouten
— Guy Pearce (@TheGuyPearce) August 29, 2016
👶🏼🎢😳😍🤒💩🍸🐣❤️ https://t.co/vFQna7o4g1
— Carice van Houten (@caricevhouten) August 29, 2016
What do we think of the name Monte Pearce? It reminds me of several things all at once. One, Guy Pearce is Australian, and Australian celebrities tend to follow the British way of baby-naming, which is to use nicknames as proper, legal names. Like, I could see calling the baby Monte if his given name was Montgomery or Monterey or something. Monte sounds like a nickname. My second thought was that “Monte Pearce” sounds like an old-fashioned Hollywood name, like a stage name used by a leading man in the 1940s. His real name would have been Archie Guthrie, but the studio changed it to Monte Pearce.
In any case, congrats to Carice and Guy and little Monte.
Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN.
He was in County of Monte Cristo.
Wasn’t that the name of his creepy character in the Kate WInslet HBO series Mildred Pierce?
Monte Beragon
Congrats to them.
Monte Pearce is a perfect pr0n name, but I love Guy Pearce, so I’m down with it!
Congratulations on the non-shadow baby boy!
HAHA! Thank you!
I love the name Montie (almost named my Pug Monty 😬) it totally sounds like a 40s movie star with that Mid-Atlanic accent and a pencil thin mustache. Lol!
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It’s a catchy name. Congrats to them.
I’m assuming this one is definitely corporeal? Congrats to the new family, here’s to Guy’s fires continuing to burn… bright.
LOLOL at the Old timey Hollywood Guy Idea Cause i Thought Old Timey Wise guy OR Pulpy Detective
It’s especially surprising since he is gay.
receipts? i mean he was married to a woman for ages, if he’s anything other than straight, he’s bisexual (but even then, receipts?)
Unless you know him personally you can’t possibly know this. Even if you happen to know he’s slept with men, he could easily be bisexual.
I would Der if that’s why game of thrones has postponed filming the next season. They were waiting for melisandre to have her baby? Love the name. Their boy will be gorgeous!
they postponed because it’s meant to be winter in the show, so summer shooting isn’t ideal anymore
Oh my gosh the cheekbones this kid’s gonna have.
I know someone who worked on Mildred Pierce and said that he was just the nicest guy, which made me very happy. Always liked him! Congrats to them all. Monte Pearce is definitely an old school razzmatazz kind of a name.
Carice looks gorgeous in these pictures! Congrats to them!
That’s going to be a gorgeous kid! Congrats to them. Always thought Guy Pearce was handsome.
Gefeliciteerd, Carice! Ik vind de naam leuk!
They seem adorable together and she looks so much younger when she is not Melisandre!
Now I’m playing Simpsons word association…Monte – Monty Burns…Carice Van Houten – Milhous Van Houten…
I’ve been following her Instagram and she’s actually pretty funny! She’s also incredibly beautiful and quite young, which I never really noticed on GOT (she kinda looks worn and tired with that crazy red wig on)…
Guy Pearce is a fantastic actor, loved him in Momento.
Congrats to them!!
Guy is British. He recognises himself as Australian too, but will point out he’s British.
He acted in The Count of Monte Cristo, so this could have been the inspiration. In Italian, Spanish, and Portugese it means ‘mountain’. Carice stated many years ago, she wanted to be a mother, so I’m not really surprised by how fast this all went.
Beautiful couple wow! I love the name – I wanted the same for one of my boys, but my partner said no 🙁