Kevin Spacey returning to the big screen in film about an accused paedophile
After several accusations of sexual harassment, Kevin Spacey is set to return to acting with a movie about an accused paedophile.
Kevin Spacey is set to return to the big screen after his career nosedived when he was accused of sexual harassment.
The former Oscar-winner, who faced multiple accusations of sexual harassment in 2017, is set to appear as a detective in a movie about a wrongly accused paedophile that will also star Vanessa Redgrave,The Telegraph reported.
The movie, called L’uomo che disegnò Dio or “The Man who drew God,” will investigate accusations of paedophilia against a blind artist, and will be helmed by Redgrave’s husband, Italian director Franco Nero.
“I’m very happy Kevin agreed to participate in my film,” Nero told ABC.
“I consider him a great actor and I can’t wait to start the movie.”
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Anthony Rapp, Star Trek: Discovery actor, publicly accused Spacey of making sexual advances on him in the 1980s, when the star was only 14-years-old.
According to the lawsuit, Rapp “sustained psychological injuries” and “emotional and psychological damage” from the abuse, and suffered “severe emotional distress, humiliation, fright, anger, depression and anxiety.”
Spacey denied all allegations, and soon after came out as gay.
“I’m beyond horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not remember the encounter … But if I did behave as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour,” he said in a statement on social media.
“As those closest to me know, in my life I have had relationships with both men and women. I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man.”
— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) October 30, 2017
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