Kevin Spacey, the actor who has faced numerous allegations of "sexual misconduct" over the past four years, will return to film with a small role as a detective in an Italian drama.
Spacey, 61, will play a police officer investigating the case of a man - played by director Franco Nero - who can attract people by hearing their voices despite being unable to see and being wrongly accused of abuse. child sexual.
"I'm very happy that Kevin agreed to take part in my film," Nero told ABC News. "I consider him a great actor and I can't wait to start the movie."
The film will also feature Nero's wife, Vanessa Redgrave, who will play the accused's piano teacher.
Spacey has been seen little on the big or small screen since 2017 when more than 20 men accused the actor when he was working at Old Vic in London between 1995 and 2013. Spacey denies all allegations.
He retired from the Netflix series "House of Cards" and his scenes in "Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World" were hastily re-recorded with Christopher Plummer, who won an Oscar nomination for his work.
In October 2019, prosecutors in Los Angeles dismissed a sexual prosecution case because the accuser had died, while in July 2020, prosecutors in Massachusetts dismissed a case after the 18-year-old who accused Spacey of his opposition refused to testify.
In September 2020, Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp and another man filed a lawsuit accusing Spacey of sexual assault in the 1980s when they were teenagers.
Rapp had first spoken publicly against the actor in 2017 and in the lawsuit detailed allegations of sexual advancement made against him at the age of 14 years. When Rapp first made the accusation, Spacey issued a statement saying he did not remember the meeting but apologized.
Që prej rënies së tij publike, Spacey është parë në një numër të vogël të projekteve të bëra para se akuzat të dilnin në dritë. Gjatë tre viteve të fundit, ai gjithashtu ka publikuar video të shkurtra, të vetë-xhiruara të Krishtlindjeve, duke filluar në 2018-ën me një video në të cilën ai luante karakterin e tij të House of Cards, Frank Underëood, duke adresuar vendimin e Netflix për të vrarë Underëood si dhe pretendimet e sulmeve seksuale kundër tij.
Në një podcast të fundit, ai foli për situatën e tij dhe atyre të cilëve u "ka ikur jeta nga koronavirusi",
"I do not think it will come as a surprise to anyone to say that my world changed completely in the fall of 2017," he said. "My job, many of my relationships, my position in the industry, were all gone in just a few hours. So I feel empathy for the fact that many people have been told 'you can no longer go to work or you will lose your job'. "
Spacey seems to have spent considerable time in Europe since the charges were opened.
He will reportedly serve on the jury of a new film festival in late August in Abruzzo, Le Marche and Molise.
Source: The Guardian
