Kevin Spacey (“House of Cards”) is optimistic about a possible return to acting. After avoiding prosecution and convictions for sexual abuse in the United States, he revealed that he has the support of people in the industry to return to film. Currently, the Oscar-winning actor is still facing a lawsuit in the UK, in which he is accused of sexual assault. Though he pleaded not guilty, Spacey is awaiting trial.
During an interview with ZEITmagazin magazine, the actor commented on where he is picking up his career. “It’s a time where a lot of people are too afraid to support me, afraid of being canceled,” he said. “But I know there are people ready to hire me once I’m acquitted of these charges in London. The moment that happens, they’re ready to move forward.”
Despite the lawsuit racking up 12 charges, Spacey has shown no concern for his reputation. “In 10 years, it won’t mean anything. My work will outlive me, and that’s what will be remembered,” he said.
The trial is scheduled for June 28. The sexual assault allegations against Spacey include allegations that he sexually assaulted three men while he was artistic director of London’s Old Vic between 2004 and 2015.
Cleared of abusing ‘Star Trek’ actor.
Last October, the actor was cleared of sexual assault allegations by actor Anthony Rapp (“Star Trek: Discovery”). According to Rapp, Spacey acted to gratify his sexual desire during an encounter at a Manhattan party in 1986, when Rapp was just 14 and Spacey was 26 or 27.
The case came to light in 2017, when the site BuzzFeed published an interview with Rapp, in which he told what happened. According to the actor, Spacey was drunk and grabbed him at the end of a party with a comedy cast, put him on a bed, climbed on top of him, and made sexual advances on him (touching his buttocks).
“When an investigation is conducted, these things fall apart,” Spacey said in an interview with ZEITmagazin. “This is what happened in the case of the [Anthony] Rapp, and that’s what’s going to happen in this case.”
scandal and fortune
Despite being cleared in that case, the actor was accused by more than 20 men of sexual misconduct, a volume so expressive it ended his career.
Since Rapp’s initial indictment in 2017, he has been barred from the ‘House of Cards’ series (as crew members made their own allegations against him) and also lost his role in the film ‘All the Money in the World’ (2017).), having been replaced by Christopher Plummer after the film was ready, filming is happening at an accelerated pace so that the feature film will not miss its release date.
Spacey was also ordered to pay $31 million in damages to production company MCR for the cancellation of the series ‘House of Cards’ after the judge in the case found his behavior was responsible for Netflix’s decision to terminate the series. award winning series.
But other charges brought against him ended up not moving forward for different reasons. Two accusers who subpoenaed him died before their cases reached court. Norwegian writer Ari Behn, former husband of the Princess of Norway, committed suicide on Christmas 2019, three months after the sudden death of a masseur who blamed the actor.
Finally, Spacey had another lawsuit, filed by a boy who was 18 at the time of the molestation, which was abruptly terminated on the eve of the trial.
career resumption
Thanks to the lack of convictions, he was able to return to acting in an Italian film, “L’Uomo che Disenò Diò”, directed and starring Franco Nero. He also played a villain in the low-budget film “Peter Five Eight” and dubbed a character in the British film ‘Control’.
Additionally, Spacey was confirmed in Gene Fallaize’s upcoming independent film (“Superman: Requiem”) and received recognition while teaching a masterclass at the National Cinema Museum of Italy in Turin.
Source: Terra
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