Kevin Spacey needs to act. It’s his drug. He was hooked on acting for close to four decades before he was blacklisted due to #MeToo allegations brought forth against him four years ago. The 60-year-old actor even admitted to having gotten offers from European financiers to act in their movies. However, it seems as though he has finally found his first film role since the epic takedown of his career.
Spacey is set to star in his first film since the sexual assault allegations surfaced, filmmakers confirmed with ABC News. The Italian film, called "L'uomo Che Disegno Dio" (“The Man Who Drew God") will be directed by Franco Nero. It will be shot in Italy and also star Nero's wife, Vanessa Redgrave, sources said.
"I'm very happy Kevin agreed to participate in my film," Nero told ABC News. "I consider him a great actor and I can't wait to start the movie."
When reached, Spacey had no comment
Last year was a celebratory time for Spacey, who had the sexual misconduct charges against him dropped in Massachusetts. That hasn’t stopped investigators from London to L.A. from continuing to try and find dirt and investigate the actor over six other allegations of sexual assault.
Most of these charges stem from Spacey’s time as the artistic director at London's The Old Vic theatre between 2004 and 2015. The actor did apologize for any "inappropriate drunken behaviour,” but says he can’t remember any incidents of wrongdoing during that time. The theater found 20 people claiming Spacey was involved in inappropriate behavior.
Last we saw of him, Spacey had been kicked off his own Netflix show, “House Of Cards,“ and then had his already shot role in Ridley Scott’s “All The Money In The World” completely erased and redone by actor Christopher Plummer. The following year he released a strange video where he appeared as Frank Underwood, the conniving U.S. President he played in “House Of Cards,” in which he mentioned: "I'm certainly not going to pay the price for the thing I didn't do."
I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of looking forward to the “Michael” sequel. Whether Vantoine directs it or John Logan, it doesn’t matter—it’s an inevitable sh*tshow that will result from its making and release.