This is his first television interview since 2017 and since the accusations of sexual violence against him. From now on persona non grata in Hollywood, actor Kevin Spacey, double Oscar winner, spoke to the American channel NewsNation . He wants to find his job again.
“I just want to go back to work. […] I would rather play you in a movie than sit here answering your questions,” he replied to the journalist in a video published on May 17.
Accused of sexual assault by men
Once one of the most popular artists in Hollywood cinema, Kevin Spacey had to leave everything in 2017 with the arrival of the #MeToo movement.
Accused by actor Anthony Rapp of sexual assault in 1986, when he was 14. Kevin Spacey had 26. The accusations then multiplied, in the United States and in London, where Kevin Spacey directed the Old Vic theater for eleven years, says BFMTV .
Found not guilty in the trial filed by Anthony Rapp in 2022, Kevin Spacey was again found not guilty of sexual assaults on four men in his London trial the following year.
” I have learned. I received the message »
But new accusations were launched against him reveals the documentary Spacey Unmaskedbroadcast in early May 2024. Ten men made allegations against the actor who denied all the accusations.
“I’m not going to stand idly by while I’m attacked by a documentary from a dying channel desperate to improve its ratings”he tweeted a few days before the broadcast.
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“I assume my responsibilities. But I refuse to accept responsibility for what I didn’t do, for things that were exaggerated or grossly altered.he says during his television interview. I’m trying to show that I listened. I have learned. I received the message. I truly feel that whatever mistakes I have made in my life, I have paid the price. »
The actor believes that the #MeToo movement has “leaning very far in the direction of injustice”, and assures that he has not committed anything illegal, reports again BFMTV.
Recently, the actor has received some public support. Sharon Stone, Liam Neeson and F. Murray Abraham spoke to Telegraph to defend their friend, supporting his return to the cinema spotlight.
