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Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 09:34 AM Nov 2017

Kevin Spacey Cut From All the Money in the World, With Role Recast

I can't even begin to imagine the expense of doing this - six weeks before the release date!! Just like I can't even imagine where Kevin Spacey will go, from here. I think the statutes of limitations have run on most of his reported, accused sex crimes, and it's not illegal to be an obnoxious son of a bitch. Regardless, I think it's clear his Hollywood career is at an end.

LOS ANGELES — In a highly unusual move, the director Ridley Scott decided on Wednesday to remove Kevin Spacey from a finished movie, “All the Money in the World,” and refilm scenes with a substitute actor.

It will be a race against time: Mr. Scott promised Sony Pictures Entertainment that the altered film, which will now feature Christopher Plummer in Mr. Spacey’s role as the reclusive oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, will be ready in time for a scheduled release on Dec. 22.

The entertainment trade news site Deadline reported the casting change on Wednesday; it was confirmed by spokesmen for Sony and Mr. Scott.
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Last week, Netflix halted production of “House of Cards,” the popular political drama starring Mr. Spacey, and said it would abandon the series if Mr. Spacey remained involved. Netflix also shelved a nearly completed Gore Vidal biopic in which Mr. Spacey played the lead role, one involving a relationship with a young man. On Monday, Sony pulled “All the Money in the World” from a Los Angeles film festival.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/arts/kevin-spacey-all-the-money-in-the-world.html

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Kevin Spacey Cut From All the Money in the World, With Role Recast (Original Post) Siwsan Nov 2017 OP
He'll be fine... Phentex Nov 2017 #1
If those House Of Cards allegations are true... Initech Nov 2017 #3
Not to mention... Cirque du So-What Nov 2017 #4
Supposedly he created a toxic work environment on the set of House of Cards. Initech Nov 2017 #5
Culture of silence Cirque du So-What Nov 2017 #7
Kevin Spacey has $80 million - he can move overseas left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #2
Extradition treaty or not... Cirque du So-What Nov 2017 #6
True - but he has a recognizable face and I suspect he also has an unquenchable ego Siwsan Nov 2017 #8
They all knew this was going on for ages malaise Nov 2017 #9
The floodgates are certainly open, now! Siwsan Nov 2017 #10
This has been going on forever. gvstn Nov 2017 #11
It sounds like Kevin Spacey had a horrific childhood Siwsan Nov 2017 #13
Every single profession malaise Nov 2017 #14
I worked in a supermarket. gvstn Nov 2017 #16
Yep malaise Nov 2017 #19
With one of the known incidents having taken place last year Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #12
Seems like the only they would make money w/ Spacey's role being the focal point of ... SaschaHM Nov 2017 #15
Spacey has millions Kaleva Nov 2017 #17
Yes, he does. But can he survive the switch fame to infamy Siwsan Nov 2017 #18

Initech

(100,076 posts)
3. If those House Of Cards allegations are true...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:24 AM
Nov 2017

I'm really surprised he's not doing time in prison!

Cirque du So-What

(25,939 posts)
4. Not to mention...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:35 AM
Nov 2017

the allegation from an 18-year old & his mother that just came to light yesterday...as far as I can tell. It happened ~1 year ago - well within the statute of limitations.

Initech

(100,076 posts)
5. Supposedly he created a toxic work environment on the set of House of Cards.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:39 AM
Nov 2017

And targeted the male members of the cast. Apparently the executive producer of the show knew what he was doing. I really wonder how Netflix didn't fire him sooner.

Cirque du So-What

(25,939 posts)
7. Culture of silence
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:46 AM
Nov 2017

Even those on the periphery of Hollywood productions were aware of Harvey Weinstein's crimes, and it was just accepted as business as usual. A Pandora's box of bad behavior was exposed to the light when the first allegations against Weinstein began to make news, and it's likely far from over.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. Kevin Spacey has $80 million - he can move overseas
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:19 AM
Nov 2017

According to Motley Fool, he's worth $80 million.

He could 'retire' to some country without extradition to the U.S.

Cirque du So-What

(25,939 posts)
6. Extradition treaty or not...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:41 AM
Nov 2017

he'll still be subject to the laws of the host country, and most of those with no extradition treaty with the US take a very dim view of sexual assault - especially those involving same-sex assault. Without serious psychological help, the likelihood of repeating his behavior is great.

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
8. True - but he has a recognizable face and I suspect he also has an unquenchable ego
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:00 AM
Nov 2017

Disappearing into anonymity might be very difficult, for him, both physically and psychologically.

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
10. The floodgates are certainly open, now!
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:17 AM
Nov 2017

Every day there are new accusations against people! Sadly, I'm not surprised. This has been 'business as usual' in all sorts of industries, for far too long. I know it was in the Military and I know it was in the health insurance business where I worked.

I remember one of the times I reported harassment, in the Navy, I was told that I should be FLATTERED, because the guy (who was an NCO and my "superior&quot was just trying to get my attention. That was kind of the tipping point as to whether I re-enlisted, or not. And I didn't.

gvstn

(2,805 posts)
11. This has been going on forever.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 12:24 PM
Nov 2017

Casting couch references have been around longer than I have been alive. We were making priest/alter boy jokes when I was in middle school yet everyone was shocked when the accusations and lawsuits got media attention twenty years later. Spacey needs some real therapy. Doesn't really seem to be about sex with him some sort of misguided power trip, he's damaged. I don't understand why a costume designer would keep quiet. A would be star perhaps the stakes are higher but don't understand regular crew putting up with harassment.

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
13. It sounds like Kevin Spacey had a horrific childhood
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 12:29 PM
Nov 2017

From what I've read, his older brother and sister suffered the brunt of their father's abuse, and both seem to have gone on to avoid following in their father's footprints. Everyone adapts and processes things differently, I guess, but he had to know that what he was doing was wrong, wrong, wrong. On so many levels.

malaise

(269,003 posts)
14. Every single profession
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 01:34 PM
Nov 2017

It's everywhere worse than a virus. I could tell you stories about academia

gvstn

(2,805 posts)
16. I worked in a supermarket.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 02:00 PM
Nov 2017

Every single woman cashier had stories of things guys said to them. I was about 20 yrs. old. I coouldn't believe it. Disgusting stuff from regular customers that I had talked with plenty of times. Didn't matter the woman's age or comeliness, apparently just constant and not just from the obvious "dirty" old men. It was considered just another day to these women. It really opened my eyes to what women endure everyday.

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
12. With one of the known incidents having taken place last year
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 12:25 PM
Nov 2017

And several states having eliminate the statute of limitations in sex crimes, this'll be an ongoing thing.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
15. Seems like the only they would make money w/ Spacey's role being the focal point of ...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 01:53 PM
Nov 2017

the film's awards and marketing campaign.

Scott gives his first choice for the role, the work of everyone else gets seen, and we don't have to suffer through Spacey in old age makeup.

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
18. Yes, he does. But can he survive the switch fame to infamy
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 02:06 PM
Nov 2017

It's pretty obvious he will never work, again. Where can he go where he won't be recognized. I can't see him pulling a 'Polanski' and getting quality work overseas. Polanski had a long running support network, overseas. Spacey has probably burned any bridges he had.

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